Plans for Offshore Oil Drilling in Arctic and Atlantic Held Off "Indefinitely" (For now...)!

Trump administration sidelines offshore drilling plan - WSJ
(Valerie VOLCOVICI, THOMSON REUTERS Foundation News; April 25, 2019)
http://news.trust.org//item/20190425163030-3w7ti/
Trump's Arctic Oil Drilling Edict Blocked by Federal Judge
(Jennifer A. DLOUHY and Kartikay MEHROTRA, Bloomberg News; March 30, 2019)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-30/trump-s-arctic-oil-drilling-plan-is-shelved-by-federal-judge

Trump's Order to Open Arctic Waters to Oil Drilling Was Unlawful, Federal Judge Finds
(Coral DAVENPORT, New York Times; March 30, 2019)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/climate/trump-oil-drilling-arctic.html


Also...


Trump policy of less safety and more offshore drilling is a 'recipe for disaster'
(Oliver MILMAN, The Guardian; April 18, 2019)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/18/offshore-drilling-trump-administration-safety-oil-spills


Deepwater Horizon Offshore Drilling Unit on Fire  (U. S. Coast Guard, 2010)

File:Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling unit on fire 2010.jpg


Website:


Grassroots Opposition to Offshore Drilling and Exploration in the Atlantic Ocean and Off Florida's Gulf Coast
(Oceana.org)
https://usa.oceana.org/climate-and-energy/grassroots-opposition-offshore-drilling-and-exploration-atlantic-ocean-and

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