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California’s latest offshore oil spill could fuel pressure to end oil...

Staff Writer - October 6, 2021

Charles Lester, University of California Santa Barbara An oil spill first reported on Oct. 2, 2021, has released thousands...

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BP paid a steep price for the Gulf oil spill but...

Staff Writer - April 23, 2020

David M. Uhlmann, University of Michigan The largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history began ten years ago, on April 20, 2010. A massive explosion...

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Coastal fish populations didn’t crash after the Deepwater Horizon spill –...

Staff Writer - April 16, 2020

F. Joel Fodrie, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill When the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released 4 to 5 million barrels of oil into...

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A decade after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, offshore drilling is still...

Staff Writer - April 11, 2020

Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Ten years ago, on April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11...

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Retired oil rigs off the California coast could find new lives...

Staff Writer - May 19, 2019

Ann Scarborough Bull, University of California, Santa Barbara and Milton Love, University of California, Santa Barbara Offshore oil and gas drilling has been a contentious...

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Trump offshore drilling plan may be dead in the water, but...

Staff Writer - May 5, 2019

Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington President Trump’s effort to expand offshore oil and gas exploration has stalled, and may be dead in the water....

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A defeat on offshore drilling extends the Trump administration’s losing streak...

Staff Writer - April 9, 2019

Alejandro E. Camacho, University of California, Irvine and Robert Glicksman, George Washington University The Trump administration’s push to boost fossil fuel extraction has received a...

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Underwater mudslides are the biggest threat to offshore drilling, and energy...

Staff Writer - March 11, 2019

Ian R. MacDonald, Florida State University Like generals planning for the last war, oil company managers and government inspectors tend to believe that because they...