oil drilling Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:14:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Oil Company Threatens Mountain Gorillas https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oil-drilling-mountain-gorilla/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oil-drilling-mountain-gorilla/#respond Sun, 24 Jan 2016 14:25:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=59060 International Environmental Groups are petitioning two African country’s to stop oil drilling in areas near the threatened mountain gorilla. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda have allowed the British Oil Company Soco to run seismic tests in Virunga National Park. Virunga National park encompasses jungle forests, two active volcanoes, large lakes and a great savannah plain that make […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oil-drilling-mountain-gorilla/feed/ 0 59060 Short Memory – Oil Drilling to Expand in the Gulf of Mexico https://www.greenoptimistic.com/short-memory-oil-drilling-expand-gulf-mexico-20140226/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/short-memory-oil-drilling-expand-gulf-mexico-20140226/#comments Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:11:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46187 Apparently, oil companies and politicians have really short memories, because oil drilling is about to expand in the Gulf of Mexico. Interestingly, however, the environment doesn’t have such a short memory. The latest Gulf-of-Mexico oil spill, in the aftermath of an explosion onboard the DeepWater Horizon oil drilling platform, took place nearly four years ago. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/short-memory-oil-drilling-expand-gulf-mexico-20140226/feed/ 3 46187 U.S House Bills Propose Major Oil and Gas Deregulation https://www.greenoptimistic.com/u-s-house-bills-propose-major-oil-gas-deregulation-20131121/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/u-s-house-bills-propose-major-oil-gas-deregulation-20131121/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2013 08:21:31 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=43712 The Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act is a controversial series of oil & gas deregulation bills currently being proposed by the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives. Here is a quick run-down of the key points within the Act: $5,000 fee to file an official protest for proposed drilling projects Directs the Department of […]

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