Offshore Drilling Archives

Environment

New Jersey’s Governor Signs a Bill Prohibiting Offshore Oil Drilling

Governor Phil Murphy's swiftness in moving to protect New Jersey's shores from oil exploration is the result of plans by the Trump administration to expand offshore drilling in the Atlantic and the Pacific.

Chinelo Nkechi Ikem

An offshore oil rig is pictured at sunset.

Environment

Trump Administration Seeks to Open Most Coastal Waters to Offshore Oil Drilling

The decision would remove protections for up 100 million acres of water, some of which have been closed to drilling for three decades.

Morgan Baskin

Environment

Virginia Governor Flips on Offshore Drilling

Governor Terry McAuliffe joins hundreds of city, state, and federal officials in formally opposing the expansion of drilling off their coasts.

Kate Wheeling

Environment

It’s Been Five Years Since the Gulf Oil Disaster and the Government Has Done Almost Nothing to Prevent Another

Congress gets an F for stalling the implementation of new safety regulations.

Brian Palmer

Social Justice

The Deluge

Rapidly advancing technologies are opening up astonishing sources of oil and gas all over the world. We are entering a new era of fossil fuels that is reshaping global economics and politics—and the planet.

Vince Beiser