View of Grays Harbor looking toward Westport from Brady’s Oysters Inc., March 13 (Mark Ballo) A full quarter of the oysters harvested in the U.S. come from Washington. Shellfish account for 20 percent of Pacific County’s economy. Why would we risk that to drill for oil and gas off the coast? By Johannes Ariens and Mark Ballo, Special to The Times The …
SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — Protesters gathered in Salem on Tuesday night to rally against offshore drilling expansion along the west coast, including here in Oregon. Officials from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, a federal agency under the Department of the Interior, held an open house at The Red Lion about expansion project, looking to hear from people so they …
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has message for President Donald Trump: ‘You will not drill off our precious shores!’; environmentalists, denied mic at hearings, stage boisterous rallies beforehand. By WAYNE PARRY, Associated Press HAMILTON, N.J. (AP) — With giant inflatable whales, signs that read “Drilling Is Killing” and chants of “Where’s our meeting?” opponents of President Donald Trump’s plan …
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Dozens of protesters rallied in New Hampshire on Monday against a proposal by President Donald Trump’s administration to expand offshore drilling, saying it poses a grave threat to the state’s marine ecosystem and economy. Protesters — some carrying signs that read “Stop Big Polluters” and “No Spill No Drill No Kill”— gathered outside a Concord …
Hundreds of demonstrators converged on the California state capitol in Sacramento Thursday voicing their opposition to a Trump administration plan to expand offshore drilling. The plan could open nearly all US coastlines to oil and gas drilling. (Feb. 8)
By DAVID KLEPPER The Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Wearing fish-shaped caps and armed with a megaphone, New York state’s leading environmental advocates protested President Donald Trump’s plan to open offshore areas to oil and gas drilling on Thursday as federal energy officials held an open house on the proposal near the state Capitol. The group, wearing caps shaped …
Oregon’s coastal legislators are demanding the Trump administration reverse its decision to open the entire West Coast to offshore oil drilling. “You can be very, very sure that I’m concerned about this,” Rep. David Gomberg, D-Otis, said Tuesday at a news conference and rally organized by opponents. “It puts our coastal communities, our beaches, our surf-breaks, and our marine ecosystems …
(CNN)The Trump administration’s proposal to open vast portions of US coastline to oil drilling was met with ferocious opposition from a number of the coastal governors it would affect. At least one governor, Florida’s Rick Scott, a Republican, asked for and received a waiver from the administration. That move by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke drew accusations of favoritism, which …