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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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Donald Trump Tells UK To Drill Oil, Stop Building Wind Turbines
US President Donald Trump on Friday urged Britain to drill for more oil rather than build wind turbines, just a fortnight after Washington signed a trade deal with London.
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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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Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs As Roughnecks Become Expendable
The robot on an oil drillship in the Gulf of Mexico made it easier for Mark Rodgers to do his job stringing together heavy, dirty pipes. It could also be a reason he's not working there today.
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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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Barack Obama Declares Parts Of Arctic Off-Limits For Oil Drilling
US President Barack Obama on Friday declared portions of the Arctic off-limits for oil exploration for the next five years, dealing a blow to Republican efforts to expand fossil fuel extraction.
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Spain's Canary Islanders Protest Against Oil Drilling
About 200 people, including many tourists, formed a giant "SOS" on a beach on Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday to protest against drilling for oil off the archipelago, a top holiday destination.
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Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise Ship Returns to Warm Welcome
Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship arrived home to a warm welcome in The Netherlands on Saturday, almost a year after it was seized by Russia during a protest against Arctic oil drilling.
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China Finishes Oil Drilling in Disputed Waters
An oil rig that China moved into contested waters to the fury of Vietnam has finished drilling "as planned", the energy company behind the project said, a month earlier than expected.
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Oil Drilling Threatens Solitude of National Park
After the last hints of sunset dip behind the hills, the North Dakota horizon comes alive with flickering orange flames of a different kind - natural gas flares.
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One dead, 100 Hurt in Anti-China Riot in Vietnam
A riot at a steel plant in Vietnam has left one Chinese worker dead and over 100 injured, officials said Thursday, as an angry Beijing accused Hanoi of "connivance" in the worst anti-China unrest in decades.
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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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Donald Trump Tells UK To Drill Oil, Stop Building Wind Turbines
US President Donald Trump on Friday urged Britain to drill for more oil rather than build wind turbines, just a fortnight after Washington signed a trade deal with London.
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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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Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs As Roughnecks Become Expendable
The robot on an oil drillship in the Gulf of Mexico made it easier for Mark Rodgers to do his job stringing together heavy, dirty pipes. It could also be a reason he's not working there today.
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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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Barack Obama Declares Parts Of Arctic Off-Limits For Oil Drilling
US President Barack Obama on Friday declared portions of the Arctic off-limits for oil exploration for the next five years, dealing a blow to Republican efforts to expand fossil fuel extraction.
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Spain's Canary Islanders Protest Against Oil Drilling
About 200 people, including many tourists, formed a giant "SOS" on a beach on Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday to protest against drilling for oil off the archipelago, a top holiday destination.
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Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise Ship Returns to Warm Welcome
Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship arrived home to a warm welcome in The Netherlands on Saturday, almost a year after it was seized by Russia during a protest against Arctic oil drilling.
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China Finishes Oil Drilling in Disputed Waters
An oil rig that China moved into contested waters to the fury of Vietnam has finished drilling "as planned", the energy company behind the project said, a month earlier than expected.
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Oil Drilling Threatens Solitude of National Park
After the last hints of sunset dip behind the hills, the North Dakota horizon comes alive with flickering orange flames of a different kind - natural gas flares.
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One dead, 100 Hurt in Anti-China Riot in Vietnam
A riot at a steel plant in Vietnam has left one Chinese worker dead and over 100 injured, officials said Thursday, as an angry Beijing accused Hanoi of "connivance" in the worst anti-China unrest in decades.
