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June 17, 2009Sustainability
Senate Advances Comprehensive Energy Bill: National renewable standards and offshore drilling still in question, however; Ben Geman

August 1, 1939Sustainability
More Oil From Crooked Wells: Controlled Directional Drilling . . . Significant Advance. . . Adds to Available Oil . . . Offshore PoolsTapped From Land Rigs . . . Other Uses; Upton Close; Scientific American Volume 161, Issue 2; 10.1038/scientificamerican0839-84

April 12, 2012Sustainability
Large-Scale Engineering Could Rescue Eroding Mississippi Delta Region: Land restoration and other mitigation efforts could aid a region thatis critical for offshore oil drilling and nearly 20 percent of America'sshipping and navigation; Umair Irfan and ClimateWire

Coast Guard Captures Deepwater Response to Oil Spill Disaster in Pictures [Slide Show]
OCEAN OF OIL: Debris and oil from the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform float in the Gulf of Mexico after the rig sank April 22. The mobile offshore drilling platform had been engulfed in flames after the April 20 explosion...; © U.S. COAST GUARD

April 14, 2014
Offshore Drilling Exhibit Opens at George Bush Presidential Library: The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M University has a new exhibit that tells the story of offshore drilling and the 41st President’s previous life as an oilman...; David Wogan

September 24, 2008
House votes to let offshore drilling ban expire: A 26-year moratorium on offshore drilling will expire on Wednesday, after the House approved a temporary-spending package today sans a planned extension of the ban.; Jordan Lite

September 17, 2008
House okays bill lifting ban on offshore drilling: In response to soaring fuel prices, the Democratic-controlled House last night passed an energy package that would allow offshore drilling for the first time in 26 years.; Jordan Lite

April 2, 2009
Feds drill for more data to craft energy policy: The Obama administration needs more research before it can tailor a strategy for harvesting available energy resources in the U.S., according to a report released today by the Interior Department...; Larry Greenemeier

Coast Guard Captures Deepwater Response to Oil Spill Disaster in Pictures [Slide Show]
DEEP TROUBLE: Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010, after an explosion that remains under investigation. A Coast Guard MH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon...; © U.S. COAST GUARD

February 10, 2009
Obama scuttles Bush offshore drilling plan: The Obama administration today shelved a Bush administration plan to allow drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, delaying a final decision on the controversial policy for at least six months to give states, enviros and others time to weigh in on it...; Lisa Stein

April 29, 2010
Oil spill worsens, offshore drilling plans in dire straits?: The Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill keeps getting worse—now gushing more than 200,000 gallons per day, according to NOAA estimates—five times more than original estimates and more than BP's absolute worst case scenario in disaster plans filed with the government...; David Biello

February 5, 2018Energy
Trump Wants Offshore Drilling, but States Are Choosing Wind Energy: States bordering the outer continental shelf are looking for carbon-free electricity as the Trump administration rolls back rules requiring it; Brittany Patterson and ClimateWire

June 20, 2013
Offshore Energy Acquisition in the Western Pacific: The Decline of the World s Most Abundant Fisheries: By Ryan GobarEast Asia and the Northwestern Pacific are home to some of the world’s biggest and most productive fisheries, with average yearly yields in the 20-24 million ton range (Ahlenius 2004)...; Jim Haw

August 29, 2008
McCain's Veep Pick Palin: Open ANWR to Drilling: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain today surprised the nation by picking first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate.; Lisa Stein

June 8, 2010
A Question for the Readers: Recent events have confused me, a little bit. In trying to figure this all out, I thought I’d pose a question to the readership: Is it possible to ask an empirical question about the effects of a certain human-made product or activity, without implicitly condoning the existence of that product or activity?...; Jason G. Goldman

Coast Guard Captures Deepwater Response to Oil Spill Disaster in Pictures [Slide Show]
SET TO SINK: Oil washes onto the sides of a pollution containment chamber as the mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 lowers the chamber into the water at the Deepwater Horizon site on May 6.; © U.S. COAST GUARD/PETTY OFFICER 3RD CLASS PATRICK KELLEY

January 6, 2013Sustainability
Oil Harvesting Goes to Extremes: The grounding of a drilling rig in Arctic waters illustrates the risks of pushing the boundaries of oil exploration and recovery. David Biello reports

April 28, 2017Energy
Trump Order Aims to Expand U.S. Offshore Drilling: The directive could lead to a reversal of bans on drilling across swathes of the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico; Valerie Volcovici and Reuters

September 12, 2008Sustainability
Can Offshore Drilling Really Make the U.S. Oil Independent?: Even if U.S. energy policy goes "drill baby drill," there will be no escape from the vicissitudes of the global oil market; Emily Gertz

December 16, 2013Sustainability
Supreme Court Rejects Gulf Oil Spill Contempt Case: The Interior Department will not be held in contempt over its actions in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill after the Supreme Court declined on Monday to review an appeals court ruling in the government's favor...

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