Comment on the White House’s unprecedented and overreaching Ocean Policy initiative and on the Interior Department’s open comment period on Chukchi Sea SEIS. 

Wall Street Journal by Joseph B. White.  In a letter Tuesday to President Barack Obama, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue called on the administration to speed up issuing new offshore drilling permits, offer more offshore areas for oil and gas exploration, open new areas for drilling in the Western U.S., and approve permits for the Keystone XL pipeline proposed to bring oil from Canadian tar sands to the U.S. That project has been held up in part by opposition from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Oil and Gas Online.   "From well design to water use and site management, API standards and guidance documents have been used for decades with effective oversight by state environmental regulators," said API Director of Standards David Miller, following the industry portion of the public meeting by DOE’s Natural Gas Subcommittee. "We need to ensure we continue developing this nation’s vast natural resources in the safest manner possible. However, duplicative efforts by multiple federal agencies could be costly, and counterproductive.  "At a time when the president has promoted the increased use of natural gas, we need to move forward using available industry expertise and avoid overregulation," Miller said. "We can develop America’s vast natural gas resources in a safe, environmentally responsible manner."