ARCTIC
Greens warn of 'reputational risk' of drilling ANWR
Greens have launched an ad campaign against oil firms that may want to explore drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Heather Richards
Reporter
Heather covers offshore energy — oil, natural gas and wind — and drilling on public lands for E&E. She previously covered energy and the environment for The Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming.
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ENERGY TRANSITIONS
La. oil lawsuits: A climate reckoning or red herring?
Louisiana coastal parishes are suing their longtime ally, the oil and gas industry, to fund restoration of their disappearing wetlands, in a move being described as both a "breakthrough" for the coast and a flawed strategy in a warming world.
OIL AND GAS
N.M. drilling boom squeezes local communities
When a federal oil and gas lease sale in New Mexico netted $1 billion last year, it was touted by administration officials as a win in President Trump's "energy dominance" agenda. But those caught in the middle of the oil boom say it's slamming local resources and changing the nature of a rural community.
OFFSHORE WIND
NOAA allows marine species disturbances for Atlantic surveys
NOAA Fisheries will allow the harassment of bottlenose dolphins, humpback whales and gray seals, among other marine species, during a wind developer's yearlong survey effort off the coast of Massachusetts.
ARCTIC
BLM: 'Climate crisis' comments didn't sway refuge review
A comment denying a "climate crisis" in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) drilling plan's environmental review had "no bearing" on the broader document, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Land Management in Alaska told E&E News last week.