Author Archives: Michael LeVine

Michael LeVine is Pacific Senior Counsel for Oceana.
At Oceana, LeVine works to bring comprehensive, science-based management and stewardship to choices about the Pacific and Arctic large marine ecosystems. LeVine is a recognized expert on the regulation of offshore oil and gas activities, fisheries management, and the U.S. Arctic. He helped lead a broad coalition effort to protect the U.S. Arctic Ocean from the potential impacts of oil and gas leasing and exploration, has testified before Congress on multiple occasions, and has published a series of legal and scientific articles.
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Offshore Drilling Off the Table in the Atlantic, but What about the Gulf and the Arctic?

by Sierra Weaver and Michael LeVine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdgalNeIwIM The Obama administration’s ban on offshore drilling will aid reaching the Paris climate change targets, say environmentalist Sierra Weaver of Southern Environmental Law Center and Michael LeVine of Oceana Story Transcript SHARMINI PERIES, EXEC. PRODUCER, TRNN: It’s the Real News Network. I’m Sharmini Peries coming to you from Baltimore. The Bureau of [Ocean] Energy […]