News Analysis | Environment & Health Drowning in Oil: How Trump’s Offshore Drilling Policies Will Impact the US Coastline Over the next five years, more leases to drill will be sold than at any time in US history. By Emily Ludolf , Occupy.com January 27, 2018 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Trump Expands Offshore Drilling in Assault on Biodiversity and Coastal and Indigenous Communities Subhankar Banerjee discusses the decision. By Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! January 11, 2018 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Move to Open US Atlantic Coast to Oil Drilling Meets Increased Opposition This is a fight that began long before Trump. By Mike Gaworecki , Mongabay September 16, 2017 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor In Supporting Offshore Drilling, Virginia’s Governor Now Stands Alone in the Southeast To date, 127 East Coast municipalities have passed resolutions opposing Atlantic testing and/or drilling. By Sue Sturgis , FacingSouth July 25, 2017 Truthout
News | Environment & Health As Pruitt Guts Water Rules, EPA Will Allow Fracking Waste Dumping in the Gulf of Mexico Pruitt wants to allow fracking waste in the Gulf of Mexico without understanding its impact on marine and human life. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout July 18, 2017 Truthout
News | Oysters vs. Oil: Hilcorp Energy Company’s Bayou Battle Hilcorp's drilling barge and tugboats cut channels into the seafloor, destroying the oyster beds and smothering the shellfish. By John Dougherty , TheRevelator June 7, 2017 Truthout
News | Leaked Documents Reveal Trump Administration Prepping to Ramp up Drilling, Mining, Grazing on Public Land More leaked documents reveal Trump's administration prepping to ramp up drilling, mining, grazing on public lands. By Julia Travers , EnviroNews April 20, 2017 Truthout
News | Environment & Health The Energy Lobbyists Linked to Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plans Trump's order would amend the Obama administration's five-year drilling plan that excluded lease auctions in the Atlantic and Arctic through 2022. By Sue Sturgis , FacingSouth April 19, 2017 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Accidents Spew Oil and Gas Pollution in Alaska as Trump Looks to Expand Arctic Drilling Oil and gas drillers have struggled to contain recent oil and gas spills in Alaska. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout April 18, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health The Fight Over Seismic Testing for Atlantic Oil and Gas Will Continue Under Trump The Obama administration denied all six pending permits to conduct seismic testing for oil and gas reserves in the Atlantic Ocean. By Sue Sturgis , FacingSouth January 11, 2017 Truthout