Trump opens door to O&G drilling in Atlantic; allows “incidental” harassment of whales during tests

The Trump administration took a major step Friday toward allowing testing for offshore oil and natural gas under the Atlantic Ocean.

The National Marine Fisheries Service, part of the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is letting five companies commit “incidental” harassment of marine mammals like whales and dolphins as part of their seismic testing to determine oil and gas deposits under the ocean floor, the agency said.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/419127-trump-moves-toward-offshore-oil-testing-in-atlantic