Offshore Drilling

Will Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe pass the bipartisanship test?

Bryce Reeves · March 11, 2014 12:00 am

The Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill, is seen in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, in September 2010.

Energy and Environment

Obama administration takes step toward allowing Atlantic Ocean drilling

Zack Colman · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling last week that the Interior Department erred in its environmental assessment underpinning the 2008 lease sale in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast. New Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said that made the legal landscape too murky for this summer. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Shell to skip Arctic drilling after court ruling

Zack Colman · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

The mobile drilling unit Kulluk is towed by tugs in high winds and high seas some 116 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, in December 2012. (AP Photo/U.S Coast Guard, Chris Usher)

Energy and Environment

After a year on ice, Shell looks to Arctic drilling

Zack Colman · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Mary Landrieu has been pushing a bill that would allow some states to grab a share of the federal revenue from offshore oil and gas drilling. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Energy and Environment

States look to cash in on offshore drilling; bill would aid re-election bid of Lousiana’s Mary Landrieu

Zack Colman · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warns that, "Increasing evidence suggests that exposure to intense underwater sound in some settings may cause certain marine mammals to strand and ultimately die." Oceana, citing federal projections, says seismic testing would injure 138,500 dolphins and whales through 2020. (Thinkstock Image)

Energy and Environment

Lawmakers spar over seismic testing for Atlantic Ocean drilling

Zack Colman · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

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Red Alert Politics

Cato panelist: George Zimmerman may have been right shooting Trayvon Martin

Washington Examiner · April 23, 2012 11:22 pm