Posts Tagged Offshore Oil Drilling
Feds Hold Meeting to Answer Questions About Offshore Drilling
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 22, 2018
US Rep Don McEachin, D-Va. speaks to a group of environmental activists during a news conference in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. The press conference proceeded a public meeting of the Bureau Ocean Energy Management on offshore drilling. (Credit: AP Photo / Steve Helber)
Opponents of offshore drilling traveled to Richmond Wednesday to speak out against President Trump’s plan to open coastal waters for drilling. The public information session on the plan was the first and only in Virginia. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.
Northam Pushes for Virginia Exemption to Offshore Drilling Plan
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on January 26, 2018
An oil platform sits in the distance at Refugio State Beach in California in 2015. Now that the Trump administration has announced plans to allow new oil and gas drilling leases in more federal waters, a number of states are petitioning to be exempt from the change. (Credit: David McNew / Getty Images)
Virginia’s Governor is continuing to push the Trump administration to exempt the state from a proposed expansion of offshore drilling. Governor Ralph Northam says he spoke with the Secretary of the Interior this week. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.
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