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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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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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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...

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Trump’s push for new offshore drilling is likely to run aground...

Staff Writer - February 6, 2018

Charles Lester, University of California, Santa Cruz The Trump administration’s effort to dramatically expand federal offshore oil production has reignited a battle with California that...

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Trump’s offshore oil drilling plans ignore the lessons of BP Deepwater...

Staff Writer - January 5, 2018

Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science The Trump Administration is proposing to ease regulations that were adopted to make offshore oil and...

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The pull of energy markets – and legal challenges – will...

Staff Writer - October 14, 2017

Hari Osofsky, Pennsylvania State University and Hannah Wiseman, Florida State University On Oct. 10, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt formally announced a repeal of the Clean...

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Trump’s policies will harm coal-dependent communities instead of helping them

Staff Writer - October 11, 2017

Mark Partridge, The Ohio State University and Michael Betz, The Ohio State University EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is moving to repeal the Clean Power Plan...

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Why Rick Perry’s proposed subsidies for coal fail Economics 101

Staff Writer - October 10, 2017

Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley and Maximilian Auffhammer, University of California, Berkeley In a controversial proposal, Energy Secretary Rick Perry has asked federal regulators...