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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday said it was seeking a possible buyer for a wind lease in the shallow waters between Long Island and New Jersey…

iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Jun 9, 2021 11:40am The Lead   Project Reconciliation, a Canadian Indigenous group, is seeking a full ownership stake in the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, according to the group’s new chairman. The group is among several Indigenous organizations that formed more than two years ago to seek a stake in Canada’s only oil pipeline system that delivers crude oil from Alberta to the Pacific Coast. Until now, Project Reconciliation had sought no more than a...

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iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Jun 9, 2021 11:40am The Lead Project Reconciliation, a Canadian Indigenous group, is seeking a full ownership stake in the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, according to the group’s new chairman. The group is among several Indigenous organizations that formed more than two years ago to seek a stake in Canada’s only oil-pipeline system that delivers crude oil from Alberta to the Pacific Coast. Until now, Project Reconciliation had sought no more than a 51 ...

Underwater sound recording equipment, that sits on the waters near New York, helped them discover the whales had been swimming in the New York Bright.

The song of humpback whales as they swim off the shore of New York has been recorded for the first time, by a series of underwater microphones, scientis

Increased whale activity in the New York Bight might mean the captivating mammals are shifting breeding habits or adapting to climate change.

Since the enactment of the Jones Act, courts have wrestled to define "seaman" and who is entitled to remedies under the Jones Act.

Harbor Tug and Barge Co. v. Papai, 520 U.S. 548 (1997); Chandris, Inc. v. Latsis, 515 U.S. 347 (1995); McDermott International, Inc. v. Wilander, 498 U.S. 337 (1991).] This is especially evident given the recent en banc decision in Sanchez v. Smart Fabricators of Texas, L.L.C., No. 19-20506,2021 WL 1882565 (5th Cir. May 11, 2021) ( en banc) (Davis). In Sanchez, the Fifth Circuit overturned a three-judge panel decision and reinstated a district courts holding that a land-based welder allege...

Despite the decline, the federal government estimates that more than half of offshore reserves remain untapped.