…I suspect the oil industry is getting anxious that at some point their stock value may soon hinge on their productivity, and not on their reserve ‘speculations.’
Shell game of the Oilmen
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Second field report from Washington DC
Typically, when we hit Washington DC, there is some pending legislation or policy reauthorization taking place. These events are usually timed to coincide with “Capitol Hill Ocean Week” (CHOW) which draws a parade of ocean conservation interests to argue and inform lawmakers and regulators about the attendant issues.
First field report from Washington DC
We’ve just returned from Washington DC, where the first week of June is “Ocean Week” with the question “Will NOAA ever become independent of the Department of Commerce?”
Things are heating up on the OCS
Representative Joe Cunningham (D-SC) and his Air Horn demo There are a lot of moving parts right now on the proposal to open up the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to oil and gas leasing. The issue has been…
Keeping the fires lit under the Seismic Survey Proposal
We’re not really waiting for the smoke to settle on the Incidental Harassment Authorizations (IHAs) issued a week ago last Friday before sharing with you what to do next. We’re actually enjoying watching the continuing conflagration – for the simple…
False Flags and Foul Intentions
Francisco Goya – El Bobilicon from “Los Desperates” 1864 Over the last few weeks the entire world has been staring aghast at our southern border as agents from our Customs and Border Patrol were tearing children away from their…
Regulators rapidly kicking the can down the road
I’ve just returned from Washington DC educating legislators and questioning regulators over an ominous situation in the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Since 2014 there has been a “full court press” by the oil industry and their friends in…
Reasons for BOEM’s industry-weighted policy decisions are becoming clear
Last week investigative reporter David Hammer published a report on how the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) appears to be sitting on their hands when it comes to performing the environmental enforcement aspect of…
Noise regulated as a pollutant?
Just last week a paper was published in Frontiers in Ecology and Environment – and explained in Nature’s International Weekly Journal of Science – proposing that noise pollution – and particularly noise pollution from seismic airgun surveys – be qualified…
BOEM’s eggs are hatching chickens
Back in August of 2014 the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) attempted to mitigate public outrage for a hastily made decision on opening up the US Atlantic continental shelf to seismic surveys by publishing an unsubstantiated puff piece on…