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Polar bears over people, environmentalism over economies

The Hill | January 6, 2017 | Sayers Tuzroyluk, Sr. In the name of climate change initiatives President Obama has, over the course of his presidency, marginalized the voices of the Arctic Iñupiat while destroying our ability to develop a stable economy in Arctic Alaska. […]

Mexico: 20% gas price hike fuels looting, protests

CNN | January 5, 2017 | Catherine E. Shoichet A hefty government gas price hike is fueling protests, looting and road blockades in Mexico. Authorities arrested more than 250 people for robbery and acts of vandalism around the country this week, officials said. Some protests […]

Arctic Infrastructure: The Unintended Victim Of The Administration’s Offshore Energy Ban

Forbes | January 3, 2017 | Brigham A. McCown Last week, the Friday afternoon before Christmas, the Obama Administration announced its long expected offshore oil and gas leasing program for 2017 – 2022. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the timing of the statement, the decision was a […]

Coming year looks better for oil and gas sector following terrible 2016

The Wichita Eagle | December 28, 2016 | Dan Voorhis The coming year has to be better for the state’s oil and gas industry than 2016. And, at this point, it looks as if it will be. Saudi Arabia and other global oil producers flooded […]

Obama’s Last-Minute Offshore Drilling Ban Could Be Illegal

Daily Caller | December 22, 2016 | Andrew Follett Outgoing President Barack Obama used his executive authority to “permanently” ban oil drilling in parts of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, but this move may be illegal, according to an industry group. Obama’s administration used a legal strategy […]

Obama Bans New Oil Drilling on Millions of Acres of U.S. Waters

Bloomberg | December 20, 2016 | Jennifer A. Dlouhy & Josh Wingrove President Barack Obama banned new offshore oil and gas development in more than 100 million acres of the U.S. Arctic and undersea canyons in the Atlantic Ocean, an announcement certain to provoke a fight […]

NOIA Decries Obama Withdrawal of Offshore Areas, Looks Forward to Trump Administration

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA Decries Obama Withdrawal of Offshore Areas, Looks Forward to Trump Administration  Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement on the withdrawal of portions of […]

Obama Said to Use 1953 Law to Block Drilling in Arctic, Atlantic

Bloomberg | December 20, 2016 | Jennifer A. Dlouhy President Barack Obama is preparing to block the sale of new offshore drilling rights in much of the U.S. Arctic and parts of the Atlantic, a move that could indefinitely restrict oil production there, according to […]

Freshening prospects for offshore energy

The Washington Times | December 13, 2016 | Randall Luthi It’s official: Offshore energy is about more than oil and natural gas in the United States. With operations expected to begin soon at the Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island, the […]

NOIA Applauds Nomination of Congressman Ryan Zinke as Next Interior Secretary

For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 15, 2016 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA Applauds Nomination of Congressman Ryan Zinke as Next Interior Secretary  Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement on the nomination of Congressman Ryan Zinke […]
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