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Deepwater Horizone Response Controlled Burns — GULF OF MEXICO - Aerial view of oil being burned from the Deepwater Horizon/BP incident, May 19, 2010. Favorable weather conditions allowed burns to total more than nine hours. The burns are part of an effort to reduce the amount of oil in the water and .

Trump eyes combining offshore regulatory agencies

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seismic-survey-ship-western-pride-by-shipspotting — The WesternGeco survey ship Western Pride could be one of five permitted to conduct seismic surveys off the U.S. Atlantic coast. ShipSpotting.com photo by user Patalavaca.

NOAA starts permit process for East Coast seismic surveys

Kirk Moore

Ocean-Confidence-semisubmersible-GOM-BOEM — Ocean Confidence, a semisubmersible deepwater drill rig used in the Gulf of Mexico. Image via BOEM/Courtesy of Diamond Offshore

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Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale nets $275 million

Ashley Herriman

wind-turbines-denmark-generic — The Middlegrunden wind farm, comprising 20 2-MW bonus wind turbines, is located east of the northern tip of Amager, Denmark. Department of Energy photo.

North Carolina offshore wind lease fetches $9 million

Kirk Moore

gom-jack-up-rig-osv-sun-crop-boem — Sun filters down on a jack-up rig in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM photo.

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73 million acres in Gulf of Mexico to be opened for oil and gas development

Ashley Herriman

New York wind energy challenge stalls in federal court

Kirk Moore

north-carolina-wind-energy-area-kitty-hawk-boem — A map shows the wind energy area for lease offshore Kitty Hawk, N.C. BOEM image.

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Wind lease sale to offer 122,000 acres offshore North Carolina

Ashley Herriman

boem-mid-atlantic-planning-area-map — The Obama administration denied six pending permits to conduct seismic surveys for oil and gas off the Atlantic coast. BOEM image.

Obama administration denies Atlantic survey permits

Kirk Moore

Hywind tow 08-06-09 — Statoil's experimental Hywind floating turbine under tow. Statoil photo.

Energy companies bet long on offshore wind

Kirk Moore

statoil-sheringham-shoal-wind-array-800x525 — Statoil's Sheringham Shoal wind farm off the British coast. Statoil photo.

Statoil wins New York wind energy lease

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ny-wind-area-scallop-trips — The proposed New York offshore wind energy area (dark orange triangle) and the mid-Atlantic scallop fishing grounds. National Marine Fisheries Service.

Commercial fishermen ask court to block NY offshore wind energy lease

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