Michael Bromwich

The head of the offshore drilling safety agency is telling Congress current fines for offshore violations need to be much stiffer.

WASHINGTON, DC – Tomorrow, the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources will receive testimony from Mr. Michael Bromwich – Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE).

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal regulators plan to scout U.S. colleges next month for students interested in environmental science in an effort to recruit more workers for the agency that oversees offshore drilling.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The head of the federal agency that regulates offshore oil drilling says the government is not trying to slow the permitting of drilling and denies the existence of what some in the industry call a "de facto moratorium" on drilling.