Offshore Drilling Moratorium
NOIA Applauds House Passage of the Offshore Energy & Jobs Act
For Immediate Release: Friday, June 28, 2013 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA Applauds House Passage of the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act Urges Senate to Pass Similar Legislation Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement […]
Oil trade group OK’s 30-month curb on seismic surveys in Gulf of Mexico that affect marine life
By Associated Press, Published: June 20 NEW ORLEANS — Oil and gas companies working in the Gulf of Mexico have agreed not to use seismic surveys for the next 2 ½ years in three areas considered critical to whales and along the coast during the peak calving season […]
Virginia Beach NAACP rallies behind Rep. Rigell offshore drilling bill
June 11, 2013|By Todd Allen Wilson, tawilson@nulldailypress.com | 804-643-0499 The Virginia Beach chapter of the NAACP threw its support this week behind federal legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, to lift the moratorium on drilling for natural gas and oil in the […]
The week ahead: Offshore drilling back on House agenda
Members of the House Natural Resources Committee will meet on Thursday to discuss a draft bill that that would open parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to offshore drilling. The draft bill from committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) would ...See all stories on this […]
Warner and Kaine introduce offshore drilling bill
The Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act of 2013 would expand the nation's offshore energy production with a revised five-year leasing plan, an alternative to the Obama administration's proposed 2012-2017 offshore oil and gas plan ...
Sen. Kaine doesn’t expect White House veto of Atlantic offshore …
The White House also has said it won't budge on offshore drilling, even to get one of the president's energy goals — a so-called “Energy Security Trust” — off the ... thehill.com/.../301849-sen-kaine-doesnt-expect-white-house-v...
