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By Hook and By Crook Congress passes drilling, fisheries bills in final days of session		11 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
By Hook and By Crook Congress passes drilling, fisheries bills in final days of session Gasping and flopping like a landed fish, the Republican-led Congress passed an offshore-drilling measure during its final days. The legislation, passed by the House and Senate as part of a larger tax bill, will open 8.3 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and natural-gas exploration, with nearly 40 perce ...
Topics: marine life, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics)

Water Racket! Noise in the ocean is killing sea creatures		23 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Water Racket! Noise in the ocean is killing sea creatures The world's oceans are getting noisier and it's killing the creatures that live there, scientists say. One major culprit is oil and gas drilling, which involves low-frequency seismic pulses used to survey geologic strata; military sonar and large shipping vessels also generate their share of racket. The U.K.'s Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, which recently ...
Topics: marine life, mining and drilling (all these topics)

Don't Fear the Reefer		02 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Don't Fear the Reefer The Australian government today announced plans to put nearly one-third of the Great Barrier Reef off limits to fishing and trawling. "This will provide the largest network of protected marine areas in the world," said Minister for the Environment David Kemp. Environmental advocates praised the move but pointed out that the government needs to do more, including protect a ...
Topics: Australia, marine life, mining and drilling, oceans (all these topics)

Calling in the Reserves		21 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Calling in the Reserves The debate over oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been in the limelight a lot lately -- but what about energy exploitation in the rest of the state? On Friday, the Bush administration released a report on the likely environmental impact of new dril ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, energy, marine life, mining and drilling, oceans, politics, US Geological Survey, US Navy, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Who's the Unfairest of Them All		05 Jun 2002	Daily Grist
Who's the Unfairest of Them All A major gas field development in the Arctic Circle's Barents Sea has won official approval from the European Free Trade Area, much to the dismay of environmentalists. Norway's state-owned energy group Statoil is running the $5.8 billion project, which will be the first commercial exploration of fossil fuel in the region and Europe's fi ...
Topics: Arctic, commercial and industry organizations, marine life, mining and drilling, Norway (all these topics)

Oil the Way		15 Jan 2002	Daily Grist
Oil the Way California Gov. Gray Davis (D) reiterated his opposition to offshore oil drilling in his state yesterday and vowed he would fight the Bush administration all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary to stop development of 36 drilling leases granted by the federal government. Because of a moratorium imposed by the first President Bush, most new oil ...
Topics: air pollution, California, marine life, mining and drilling, oceans, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

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