offshore drilling

Do you Support Offshore Drilling? [POLL]
Do you Support Offshore Drilling? [POLL]
Do you Support Offshore Drilling? [POLL]
More than 3 billion barrels of oil is recoverable on the outer continental shelf, along with more than 30 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. States stand to gain royalties from extraction of these natural resources, and drilling could create hundreds of jobs ~ U.S. I...
Offshore Drilling Hearing Set
Offshore Drilling Hearing Set
Offshore Drilling Hearing Set
Shore lawmakers and environmental activists are getting their wish when it comes to the controversial plan to allow offshore oil drilling off the Atlantic coast. Well, part of it, anyway. Federal officials have announced a public hearing on the plan to be held in Atlantic City next week...
Shore Leaders Say “Kill the Drill”
Shore Leaders Say “Kill the Drill”
Shore Leaders Say “Kill the Drill”
New Jersey's delegation in Washington, DC, is joining forces in asking the Obama Administration to "kill the drill." The #KillTheDrill campaign refers to the Department of the Interior's newly-released Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program for 2017-2022 (DPP), which would allow for oil and gas drilling exploration in parts of the Mid- and South Atlantic Ocean...
A Call to Action Against Drilling
A Call to Action Against Drilling
A Call to Action Against Drilling
Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-NJ) and Shore Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06) are calling on the Obama Administration to keep the Jersey Shore and the entire Atlantic Coast closed to offshore oil and gas drilling. The federal Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has begun the process of developing its next 5-year leasing program for oil and natural gas, and Senator Menendez