Oil and Gas Industry Halts Its Efforts to Use Seismic Blasting in the Atlantic Ocean
In rare good news, the permits that allow fossil fuel companies to use deafening airguns—which harm many marine species—will expire on November 30 and not b...
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Environmental Groups Sue to Keep Oil Rig Safety Standards Intact
Under attack by the Trump administration, the safeguards help protect workers, wildlife, and coastal communities from disasters like the Deepwater Horizon oil s...
Interior Department Guts Critical Offshore Drilling Safety Protections
The safeguards were put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout as a way to prevent another deadly oil disaster. ...
David Bernhardt Takes Over as New Interior Secretary
If his past four months as the department’s acting secretary are any indication, our public lands, oceans, and wildlife are in trouble. ...
Senate Confirms Pro-Polluter Andrew Wheeler as EPA Chief
In his six months as the agency’s acting administrator, Wheeler has already shown that he’s unwilling to protect the environment and public health....
Environmental Groups Ask Court to Block Harmful Seismic Blasting in the Atlantic
A first step toward offshore drilling, the blasts will put ocean life—from tiny zooplankton to the North Atlantic right whale—at risk....