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#1 Trump Inflames California Over Oil Drilling Plan for Pacific Coast
Nov 21 2025 // President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday unveiled a plan for a dramatic expansion of oil and gas drilling rights auctions in U.S. waters, including in California, where state officials strongly oppose...
#2 Reuters: Iran, Russia and the New Zealand Insurer That Kept Sanctioned Oil Flowing
Oct 28 2025 // Last Christmas, the tanker Yug cruised out of the Chinese port of Qingdao after offloading 2 million barrels of sanctioned Iranian oil. Near the Arctic, a vessel carrying Russian crude churned through icy seas, bound for...
#3 Oil Tanker Seized by Iran Is Released With Cargo Missing
Nov 19 2025 // An oil tanker that was seized by Iranian forces last week has been freed but without its cargo, the vessel’s manager said. The crew of the Talara, which was captured on Friday, are safe and in good spirits, Columbia...
#4 White House Plan Targets Florida, West for Coastal Oil Drilling
Nov 21 2025 // The Trump administration is proposing to open new areas off of California, Florida and Alaska to crude drilling as part of a draft blueprint released Thursday that would dramatically expand the sale of oil and natural gas...
#5 Newsom Calls Trump Offshore Oil Drilling Plan DOA at Climate Summit
Nov 12 2025 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a planned Trump administration proposal to sell new oil drilling rights off the U.S. West Coast “dead on arrival.” The draft proposal prepared by administration officials,...
#6 Fatigue Crack Caused a Keystone Pipeline Oil Spill in North Dakota, Operator Says
Nov 18 2025 // A fatigue crack in the Keystone Pipeline led to an oil spill in North Dakota earlier this year that released thousands of barrels of oil onto farmland, according to the pipeline operator. In a quarterly report released...
#7 Iran Forces Seize Oil Tanker After it Passes Hormuz Strait
Nov 17 2025 // Iranian forces seized an oil tanker sailing in the Gulf of Oman, diverting the vessel toward the country’s territorial waters on Friday after it passed the Strait of Hormuz, a US defense official said. The Marshall...
#8 Florida Republicans Oppose Trump Offshore Oil Leasing Plan
Nov 24 2025 // Florida Republicans, including Governor Ron DeSantis, said they oppose a Trump administration plan that could allow new oil and gas drilling in waters off the state’s Gulf Coast. The reactions came in response to an...
#9 Administration Backs Off Bid for Atlantic Oil Drilling, But Gulf Still on Table
Oct 29 2025 // The Trump administration is ruling out selling offshore oil and gas leases along the US East Coast, after its initial plan for auctioning them drew alarm from Republican strongholds in the Southeast. The shift in thinking...
#10 Europe’s Top Rights Court Rejects Climate Challenge Against Norway’s Oil
Oct 29 2025 // The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled in favor of Norway’s government in a climate lawsuit brought by young activists who claimed the country’s policy of Arctic oil exploration had put their...
#11 COP30 Climate Deal Fails to Detail Fossil Fuel Cuts, but Pledges Adaptation Funding
Nov 24 2025 // United Nations climate talks in Brazil reached a subdued agreement Saturday that pledged more funding for countries to adapt to the wrath of extreme weather. But the catch-all agreement doesn’t include explicit...
