‘Drill baby drill’ ignores lessons from the Deepwater Horizon disaster | Column

17 April 2025, 11:00 pm

The oil drilling platform blew up 15 years ago, triggering the worst single environmental disaster in the nation’s history.... Read More »

Deepwater Horizon Disaster Leaves Destructive Legacy 15 Years Later

17 April 2025, 6:52 am

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- April 20 marks the 15 th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which remains the worst oil spill in U.S. history. An analysis released by Oceana ...... Read More »

Furie Embarks on Kitchen Lights Drilling Campaign

15 April 2025, 12:51 pm

Furie sends jack-up rig to Kitchen Lights Unit for multi-year development plan aided by Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority.... Read More »

Environmentalists sue to block revival of aging Central California oil pipeline

15 April 2025, 11:58 am

The new lawsuit comes amid a flurry of litigation as offshore drilling threatens to return to the same Santa Barbara pipeline that caused a devastating oil spill in 2015.... Read More »

Protecting Global Water: The urgent need for sustainable wastewater treatment in offshore oil production

15 April 2025, 11:43 am

Offshore oil and gas production is a cornerstone of the global energy supply, powering industries, transportation, and electricity generation ...... Read More »

Oil Company Fined Record $18 Million for Defying CA Orders to Stop Work on Pipeline

15 April 2025, 10:54 am

Sable Offshore Corp. faces a record penalty for ignoring Coastal Commission orders related to a pipeline linked to a 2015 spill.... Read More »

State fines oil company $18 million over 2015 Santa Barbara spill

11 April 2025, 12:27 am

Sable Offshore Corp., a Houston-based ... Barbara oil spill caused by a blowout on a Union Oil drilling rig. Public outrage over that spill helped shape the environmental movement, led to the ...... Read More »

Texas oil company fined $18 million for unapproved work along California coast

10 April 2025, 4:08 pm

The California Coastal Commission has ordered Sable Offshore Corp. to cease and desist in its bid to revive oil drilling off the coast of Santa Barbara.... Read More »

Bill that bans offshore oil drilling near environmentally sensitive areas ready for Florida House vote

8 April 2025, 6:01 am

The bill, which is ready to go to the full House, would, in part, ban oil and gas drilling within 10 miles ... economic dangers from a potential oil spill. "It will have been 15 years since ...... Read More »

Castor Leads Bipartisan Bill to Keep Offshore Drilling Away from Florida Coast

8 April 2025, 2:00 am

Representatives Kathy Castor (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) joined together in a bipartisan bill to permanently ban offshore drilling from Florida's coasts.... Read More »

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