Law360, New York (October 06, 2010, 2:16 PM ET) -- This July, a little over two months after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama issued Executive Order 13547, creating a new national ocean policy and federal National Ocean Council (NOC) that will potentially change the face of offshore renewable energy development and oil and gas production.[1]
The executive order aims to create a framework for stewardship of the nation’s waters and underwater lands integrating planning across federal agencies and through state, regional and local coordination.
Importantly for the energy...
An Eye On Offshore Energy Development
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