The Deepwater Horizon catastrophe and resulting oil spill ranks as one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. Much has been learned to date about preventing, responding to, and ...

We’ve got a $1.7 trillion coastal economy,” Rep. Jared Huffman said. “… $1.7 trillion every single year. We’re not going to ...

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Oceana, an international organization focused on ocean conservation, has determined that if the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management gets its way, 19.88 million acres of Eastern Gulf will be ...

It’s back—the federal government’s push to expand offshore oil drilling. As the headline last month in the Long Island newspaper Newsday reported: “Plan for New Oil Drilling Off Fla. and Calif. Coasts ...