At Trump offshore US aim some safety rule rollbacks

To prevent blowouts like the BP catastrophe of 2010, on Monday, The U.S. Department of the Interior said that it wants to reverse some Trump administration rollbacks of offshore safety rules dealing with devices. 11 people were killed in this incident and fouled the Gulf of Mexico. To send failure data to the federal offshore safety agency rather than to designated third parties one proposed rule would require operators of oil and gas drilling rigs and production platforms. To begin failure analyses and investigations another would cut a month off the time allowed, from four months to three. Deb Haaland, Interior Secretary said in a news release that “To keep people safe this proposed rulemaking will help ensure that offshore energy development utilizes the latest science and technology”. “To strengthen and modernize we must commit offshore energy standards and oversight, as our nation transitions to a clean energy economy.” Diane Hoskins of the ocean envi...