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Endangered Polar Bears At Risk As US Pushes Alaska Drilling Project
There are concerns about polar bear cubs that if drilling activities disturb their mothers, they could die in helpless conditions.
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Trump Plan Targets Florida, California For Coastal Oil Drilling
The Trump administration is proposing to open new areas off of California, Florida and Alaska to crude drilling as part of a draft blueprint released Thursday that would dramatically expand the sale of oil and natural gas rights.
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Biden Bars New Oil And Gas Drilling In Vast Region Of Alaska
US President Joe Biden's administration announced Wednesday it is banning new oil and gas drilling over a vast region of Alaska home to iconic animal species.
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Biden Administration Halts Oil Drilling In Alaska Wildlife Refuge
US President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday it was halting petroleum development activity in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a move by former president Donald Trump to allow drilling.
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Trump Administration Readies Oil Bidding In Alaska Wildlife Refuge
The Trump administration on Wednesday will open bidding on drilling leases in a pristine Arctic wildlife refuge in Alaska despite tepid interest from the oil and gas industry and a pledge from incoming Democratic President-elect Joe Biden to protect the region.
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Alaska's Oil-Producing North Slope Hit By Most Powerful Earthquake
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck on Sunday near the native Alaskan village of Kaktovik and part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge where the Trump administration plans to allow oil drilling, but no injuries or damage were reported.
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Barack Obama Bans New Oil, Gas Drilling Off Alaska, Part Of Atlantic Coast
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday banned new oil and gas drilling in federal waters in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, in a push to leave his stamp on the environment before Republican Donald Trump takes office next month.
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Judge Fines Greenpeace for Blocking Shell Oil Ship
A US judge on Thursday slapped a $2,500 fine on Greenpeace for every hour its activists continue to block a Shell Oil ship headed for Alaska on a drilling expedition, a court official said.
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Barack Obama Bars Oil, Gas Drilling in Alaska Haven
US President Barack Obama declared Alaska's ecologically rich Bristol Bay off-limits for oil and gas exploration on Tuesday, saying the move was necessary to safeguard the region's fishing and tourism industries.
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Women protesters scale London's Shard skyscraper
Six women Greenpeace activists attempted to scale the Shard skyscraper in London today, western Europe's tallest building, in a protest over Arctic oil drilling, the environmental group and police said.
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Endangered Polar Bears At Risk As US Pushes Alaska Drilling Project
There are concerns about polar bear cubs that if drilling activities disturb their mothers, they could die in helpless conditions.
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Trump Plan Targets Florida, California For Coastal Oil Drilling
The Trump administration is proposing to open new areas off of California, Florida and Alaska to crude drilling as part of a draft blueprint released Thursday that would dramatically expand the sale of oil and natural gas rights.
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Biden Bars New Oil And Gas Drilling In Vast Region Of Alaska
US President Joe Biden's administration announced Wednesday it is banning new oil and gas drilling over a vast region of Alaska home to iconic animal species.
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Biden Administration Halts Oil Drilling In Alaska Wildlife Refuge
US President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday it was halting petroleum development activity in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a move by former president Donald Trump to allow drilling.
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Trump Administration Readies Oil Bidding In Alaska Wildlife Refuge
The Trump administration on Wednesday will open bidding on drilling leases in a pristine Arctic wildlife refuge in Alaska despite tepid interest from the oil and gas industry and a pledge from incoming Democratic President-elect Joe Biden to protect the region.
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Alaska's Oil-Producing North Slope Hit By Most Powerful Earthquake
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck on Sunday near the native Alaskan village of Kaktovik and part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge where the Trump administration plans to allow oil drilling, but no injuries or damage were reported.
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Barack Obama Bans New Oil, Gas Drilling Off Alaska, Part Of Atlantic Coast
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday banned new oil and gas drilling in federal waters in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, in a push to leave his stamp on the environment before Republican Donald Trump takes office next month.
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Judge Fines Greenpeace for Blocking Shell Oil Ship
A US judge on Thursday slapped a $2,500 fine on Greenpeace for every hour its activists continue to block a Shell Oil ship headed for Alaska on a drilling expedition, a court official said.
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Barack Obama Bars Oil, Gas Drilling in Alaska Haven
US President Barack Obama declared Alaska's ecologically rich Bristol Bay off-limits for oil and gas exploration on Tuesday, saying the move was necessary to safeguard the region's fishing and tourism industries.
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Women protesters scale London's Shard skyscraper
Six women Greenpeace activists attempted to scale the Shard skyscraper in London today, western Europe's tallest building, in a protest over Arctic oil drilling, the environmental group and police said.
