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Interior Proposes First Offshore Critical Minerals Lease Sale : 33 Million Acres Off American Samoa

The U.S. Department of the Interior has officially signaled a historic shift in domestic resource management by announcing a proposed […] The post Interior Proposes First Offshore...

Ocean Power Technologies picked to participate in $40M Navy project for autonomous ocean mapping

Ocean Power Technologies Inc., a provider of autonomous maritime systems and offshore power solutions with global headquarters in Monroe Township, announced Aug. 5 that it has been...

US government announces plans to lease deep-sea mining rights in American Samoa

The U.S. government has taken another definitive step toward launching a deep-sea mining industry, starting in the waters of American Samoa, despite public opposition. On July 17,...

Ocean Power Technologies begins review of strategic alternatives to accelerate growth

Ocean Power Technologies Inc. announced Aug. 17 that its board of directors has begun reviewing strategic alternatives to maximize value for stockholders. The company has retained...

81m Acres Opened in Gulf of America Lease Sale

The Trump administration will offer more than 81 million acres (32.8 million hectares) in the Gulf of America to oil and gas drillers as part of an effort to boost domestic energy...

US moves closer to deep-sea mining near American Samoa with 31.5 million acre lease plan

The United States has moved a step closer to deep-sea mining after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) proposed auctioning two massive seabed lease areas near American Sam...

Third Gulf oil lease auction in 8 months brings in $82.7M

(Alton Wallace, The Center Square) — The federal government’s auction of offshore oil leases in the Gulf of America on Wednesday brought in $82.7 million in high bids, as participa...

RWE U.S. Offshore reaches settlement agreement with U.S. DOI on offshore wind leases

RWE U.S. Offshore has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of the Interior to resolve claims against the US government and relinquish its offshore wind leases off the coas...

California Sues DOI Calling Offshore Wind Cancellation “Blatantly Unlawful"

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission moved forward with their earlier challenges and filed a lawsuit on August 2...

Nearly Four Billion Spent to Walk Away Inside the Federal Offshore Wind Lease Buyback Program

The federal government has now committed nearly $4 billion to end offshore wind lease agreements across U.S. waters. The latest […] The post Nearly Four Billion Spent to Walk Away...

Trump Administration Proposes Updates to Arctic Exploratory Drilling Rules

The Department of the Interior has proposed new rules to modernize regulatory oversight of exploratory oil and gas drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf.

US Proposes Seabed Mining Lease of Blocks Off American Samoa

The U.S. Interior Department has proposed a lease of more than 31 million acres off the coast of American Samoa for seabed mining, part of President Donald Trump's broader push to...

Trump Administration to Pay RWE $1.22B in Fifth Deal to End Offshore Wind

Germany’s energy giant RWE and the Trump administration have reached a settlement agreement that calls for the Department of the Interior to pay RWE $...

Maritime drones made by Ocean Power Technologies receive further assessment from U.S. Government

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) announced July 17 that it has received notification from the U.S. Government that its maritime drone technology, the WAM-V unmanned surface veh...

BLM Moves to Open Ohio’s Wayne National Forest to Oil and Gas Leasing : First Fracking Leases Set for September

Ohio shale gas expansion is entering a definitive new chapter as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) prepares to auction […] The post BLM Moves to Open Ohio’s Wayne National Forest...

Judge Orders US Defense Department to Resume Review of Wind Energy Projects

For the second time during the current Trump administration, a federal court judge has found the administration is violating U.S. administrative law i...

Trump Administration Moves to Open American Samoa’s Waters to Deep-Sea Mining

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration is moving closer to opening up...

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Wave energy testing site opens off Oregon, a green energy milestone in the Trump administration

The first large site in the continental U.S. for testing technologies that generate electricity from ocean waves is now open after securing a key green-energy approval from the Tru...

Historic federal land in Louisiana eyed for natural gas expansion

(Alton Wallace, The Center Square) — The U.S. Department of the Interior has transferred jurisdiction of a historic 3-acre parcel located at the mouth of the Calcasieu River to acc...

RVO Launches Tender for Benthic Survey at Doordewind Offshore Wind Zone

The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has launched a tender for a benthic survey […]

California Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration, Golden State Wind Developer Over Cancelled Lease

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission (CEC) are suing the Trump administration and Golden State Wind LLC over what the plaintiffs say was an un...

NOAA Seeking Comments For Deep Sea Mining Project

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that a 60-day public comment window is open for a deep-sea mining project. 

TGS Awarded Data Brokerage Rights for Offshore Brunei

TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, has been awarded data brokerage, marketing and licensing rights by the Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam (PA) for sub...