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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 […]

KPBS | December 20, 2016 | AP State Attorney General Kamala Harris and the California Coastal Commission on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the federal government's recent finding that fracking off the state's coast has no significant environmental impact. The lawsuit filed in federal court […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

E&E News | December 13, 2016 | Arianna Skibell As the 114th Congress wrapped up last week, the House Natural Resources Committee's top Democrat looked ahead to the 115th, saying he expects Republicans to use every tool at their disposal to roll back environmental regulations, […]

E&E News | December 13, 2016 | Nathanial Gronewold Four years ago, Statoil ASA executive William Maloney proudly invited a handful of energy reporters to the Maersk Developer, which was then busy drilling a well in the deepest reaches of the Gulf of Mexico for […]

Reason Magazine | November 25, 2016 | Ronald Bailey Some 1.2 billion people do not have access to electricity, according to the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2016report. About 2.7 billion still cook and heat their dwellings with wood, crop residues, and dung. In […]

Los Angeles Magazine | December 1, 2016 | Adam Popescu Sprawled on the bottom level of a massive oil rig more than 11 miles from the shores of Long Beach, the half-dozen sea lions grow louder as our boat glides closer. One chews on a […]

E&E News | December 12, 2016 | Margaret Kriz Hobson Shortly before this summer's Republican National Convention, Alaska's all-Republican congressional delegation sent a letter to Donald Trump describing the "incredible bounty" of rich energy and mineral resources waiting to be developed in the state — if […]