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Posts in offshore drilling

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  BP’s New Plans to Drill the Great Australian Bight Criticised

  Andy Rowell, August 22, 2016
  Despite growing international condemnation, oil giant BP seems intent on drilling in the highly sensitive Great Australian Bight off the country’s southern coast, which is home to one of the largest breeding populations of endangered southern right whales in the world.
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  White House Responds to Keep It In the Ground Petition

  David Turnbull, May 17, 2016
  That the White House was forced to officially respond to this petition is yet another indication of the growing power of the Keep It In The Ground movement.
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  Shell’s Oil Spill the Size of Manhattan

  Andy Rowell, May 17, 2016
  Oil giant Shell is still struggling to clean up an estimated 90,000 gallons of oil spilt in to the Gulf of Mexico last Thursday. This latest spill has led to increased calls by local residents on President Obama not to open additional leases in the next Five Year Plan for the Gulf.
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  Oops they did it again

  Hannah McKinnon, April 6, 2016
  In our latest briefing, we unravel why U.S. government agencies are setting themselves up for climate failure when assessing the climate impact of fossil fuel decisions, and what they should do about it.

• New briefing: Government assuming climate failure in draft 5 year offshore drilling plan

  David Turnbull, April 6, 2016
  The recently released draft five-year plan for offshore oil and gas drilling is predicated on a failure to act on stated climate policy according to a new briefing note released by Oil Change International and Greenpeace USA today.

• Briefing: BOEM 5 Year Offshore Drilling Plan and the Climate

  Lorne Stockman, April 6, 2016
  The recently released draft five-year plan for offshore oil and gas drilling is predicated on a failure to act on stated climate policy. To remedy this, the U.S. government should act quickly to implement a climate test in order to evaluate energy decisions on the basis of our national and international climate commitments.

• Release: 100,000+ urge President to end fossil fuel leasing from public lands and waters

  David Turnbull, March 30, 2016
  A petition calling for an end to fossil fuel leasing on public lands and waters has garnered more than 100,000 signatures on the White House’s “We the People” online platform, surpassing the threshold necessary to trigger an official response from the White House.

• Oil Change International response to offshore drilling plan

  David Turnbull, March 15, 2016
  If the President is serious about his climate legacy, he needs to apply a climate test to all offshore drilling. When he does, he’ll see that offshore fossil fuels fail the climate test.

• Oil Change International response to final Shell Arctic permit approval

  David Turnbull, August 17, 2015
  The President’s decision today to give final approval for Shell to drill in the Arctic this summer is another stark reminder of the catastrophic disconnect between the nation's energy policy and our climate imperatives.
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  Shell’s Arctic plans to be challenged at AGM on heels of escalating Seattle opposition

  Hannah McKinnon, May 18, 2015
  For release: May 18th, 2015 (The Hague) Royal Dutch Shell will face questions and concerns from shareholders and investors tomorrow on its plans to attempt another season of offshore drilling in the U.S. Arctic Ocean this summer. These concerns come on the heels of a weekend of escalating protest and opposition in Seattle, where Shell has ignored...
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