GULF OIL DISASTER
LIFTING THE MORATORIUM ON DEEPWATER DRILLING
U.S. lifts ban on deep-water drilling
Several more articles on this, including:
"Peter Lehner, executive director of the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council, called the decision premature.
"Multiple panels are still investigating the accident, and we need to have their answers -- and their solutions implemented -- before we can confidently move forward with deep-water drilling," Lehner said in a statement.
"This is pure politics of the most cynical kind," Phil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace USA, said in a statement. "The White House wants us to believe that they have solved all the dangers of offshore drilling and we can return to business as usual. It is a false promise, if not a big lie." "
Lifting the drilling moratorium: How politics spilled into policy
Fact Sheet: Enhanced Requirements to
Resume Deepwater Drilling Activities
WILDLIFE, HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS
Unified Area Command Weekly Update
"Approximately 98 miles of Gulf Coast shoreline are currently experiencing moderate to heavy oil impacts-approximately 88 miles in Louisiana, 9 miles in Mississippi and 1 mile in Florida.
Approximately 458 miles of shoreline are experiencing light to trace oil impacts-approximately 203 miles in Louisiana, 81 miles in Mississippi, 60 miles in Alabama, and 114 miles in Florida."
Louisiana revival: Eco-engineering on a giant scale
ALASKA
Interior Dept. Reviews Controversial Alaska Lease Sale
VIRGINIA
McDonnell renews push for offshore drilling
REDUCING OUR DEPENDENCE ON OIL
National Oil Savings Plan (Union of Concerned Scientists)
"If we instead secure the needed commitments from decision makers, automakers, fuel producers, and consumers, together, we can cut America's projected oil consumption by 2030 in half. This would save tens of billions of dollars at the gas pump; provide for a safer, more diverse, and more secure American energy future; and put the United States squarely in the driver's seat as a leader in addressing the urgent issue of climate change. "
