SCOTUS Rules Unanimously: Federal Government Has Exclusive Control of Outer Continental Shelf
SCOTUS revealed on Monday a 9-0 vote on the federal government’s exclusive control of federal land, including the Outer Continental Shelf.
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Interior Dept. Announces Largest Offshore Exploration and Development Lease Sale in U.S. History
The Department of Interior announced on Friday it will offer 77.3 million acres for offshore oil and gas exploration.
DOI Defends Move to Remove Florida from Drilling Plan, Critics Call Foul for and Against Decision
The pushback following the Trump administration’s announcement this month that it has a five-year plan to determine what areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the United States are appropriate for oil and gas development continues, with some governors and members of Congress opposing it.
Jerry Brown Asks Trump to Exempt California from Offshore Drilling Plan
California has been leading the Democrats’s so-called “Resistance” against the Trump administration. But now Governor Jerry Brown wants President Donald Trump to exempt the Golden State from a new offshore drilling plan.
California Vows to Resist Trump’s New Offshore Drilling Policy
Democrat-dominated California is determined to resist a new Trump administration policy that would open the Outer Continental Shelf for oil and gas exploration and production.
Trump’s Interior Department Proposes ‘Unleashing’ U.S. Offshore Oil and Gas Resources
The Trump administration is reversing the long-standing energy policy that has put 94 percent of the outer continental shelf of the United States off limits to oil and gas exploration and production.
Zinke On Interior Budget: Obama $15 Billion Revenue Cuts Enough to Pay for Entire Maintenance Backlog for National Parks
Calling President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 a “new foundation for American greatness,” Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke told reporters on a Tuesday conference call that the loss of revenue suffered under the Obama administration could pay for the “entire backlog” of maintenance for national parks, with about $3 billion to spare.
