Andy Kerr

Conservationist, Writer, Analyst, Operative, Agitator, Strategist, Tactitian, Schmoozer, Raconteur

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

New US Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Exploitation: Costly and Short Lived (Part 1)

August 17, 2018 in Oceans, Marine Sanctuaries, Marine National Monuments, Keep it in the Ground, Energy, Department of Interior, Climate Change

The Trump administration is proposing to open up vast areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to leasing for oil and gas, far larger than the area made available under the Obama administration.

Protecting the Pacific Northwest Offshore Ocean for This and Future Generations

January 26, 2018 in Congress, Administration, Department of Interior, Federal Lands, Keep it in the Ground, Marine National Monuments, Marine Sanctuaries, National Monuments, Oceans, Presidents

Abstaining from mineral development offshore is the only way to protect the marine environment and the renewable resources that depend upon it.

US Pacific Northwest Offshore Oil and Gas: A Waste of Time, Ocean and Coast

January 19, 2018 in Climate Change, Federal Lands, Energy, Keep it in the Ground, Oceans, Presidents

There is an even chance that 0.4 billion barrels of oil and 2.28 trillion cubic feet of natural gas that are technically exploitable might be discovered under the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Oregon and Washington. At 2017 rates of consumption, this amount of oil and gas would fuel the United States for twenty and thirty-one days respectively.

Public Lands Blog

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A ~1,000-word weekly exposition on some aspect of federal or state public lands in the United States. Some blog posts goes rather deep and serve as a useful (I hope) backgrounders on particular public land areas, matters or issues. Other weeks, you’ll find a topical piece addressing a public lands controversy of the moment. This blog not only defends, but also extols, public lands.

Andy Kerr of The Larch Company (www.andykerr.net) splits his time between Ashland, OR and Washington, DC. He has been significantly involved in the enactment of more than 25 pieces of federal and state legislation and in copious litigation pertaining to public lands. Dedicated to the conservation and restoration of nature, The Larch Company is a non-membership for-profit organization that represents species that cannot talk and humans not yet born. A deciduous conifer, the western larch has a contrary nature.

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