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Offshore drilling nonfans flex legal muscle to hinder Trump’s oil & gas exploration zest
08 May 2025 16:45 GMT
… Alaska, by preventing future oil and gas leasing in these regions, … order that revoked the offshore drilling ban. Since then, the Surfrider … offshore areas from future oil and gas leasing. However, prior … to prevent new offshore oil and gas leasing to restore …
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Surfrider Files Lawsuits to Stop New Offshore Oil Drilling
07 May 2025 17:15 GMT
… in Alaska – from future oil and gas leasing.
“Sadly,” said … Institute challenging Biden’s offshore drilling ban.
“The lawsuit wrongly claims … offshore areas from future oil and gas leasing,” said the … to prevent new offshore oil and gas leasing. To support …
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Florida House votes to send Apalachicola drilling ban bill to governor
02 May 2025 12:20 GMT
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — The Florida state House on Wednesday voted unanimously to pass and send to the governor a bill that bans oil drilling near Apalachicola River and Bay.
Details: The House voted 108-0 to pass the bill as amended by the state Senate …
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A win for Apalachicola River: Lawmakers send oil drilling ban to Gov. Ron DeSantis
01 May 2025 18:30 GMT
… passed a bill banning oil drilling near the Apalachicola Bay … passage of legislation that bans oil drilling and petroleum production … signs the measure, the drilling ban will go into effect July … to the BP Gulfwater Horizon oil spill three years earlier. …
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US senators propose drilling ban off New England in bid to fight ‘oil-igarchy’
25 Apr 2025 11:37 GMT
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced a bill to stop drilling off the coast of New England to protect ocean and coastal resources.
Illustration; Source: Bureau of Energy Management (BOEM)
As disclosed, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is …
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“It’s shameful”: Amazon Indigenous people call for oil drilling ban at COP30
23 Apr 2025 08:27 GMT
Jonas Mura, head of the Mura Indigenous people, says he lost peace when oil and gas companies knocked on his people’s door about a decade ago. For years, he has resisted fossil fuel drilling in Brazil’s Amazonas state, a few hundred kilometres from where …
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Senator Whitehouse, Congressman Magaziner introduce bipartisan New England offshore drilling ban
23 Apr 2025 01:51 GMT
On Earth Day, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congressman Seth Magaziner (D-RI) are leading a bipartisan group of New England members of Congress in announcing the introduction of legislation to bar offshore drilling along the New England coast …
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House backs drilling ban, Riverkeeper presses Simon
22 Apr 2025 13:31 GMT
… would put a damper on oil drilling in the Apalachicola River … accident or a blowout from oil or gas drilling or exploration activities … bill that would implement a drilling ban within 10 miles of the …
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Measure places final decision on Apalachicola oil ban with DeSantis
28 Apr 2025 15:17 GMT
… legislation seeks to ban oil drilling near Apalachicola Bay … amendment would limit the drilling ban to counties designated as … their efforts to ban oil drilling along the Apalachicola … St. Joe, that banned oil drilling and petroleum production within …
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Oil drilling ban along Apalachicola River passes unanimously in Florida House
16 Apr 2025 18:45 GMT
Amid growing concerns over a plan to drill for oil and gas near the Apalachicola River, a proposal by two North Florida lawmakers to ban oil exploration and drilling in that region passed unanimously in the Florida House on Wednesday.
The bill (HB 1143) is …