Oil Drilling News

GULF OIL DISASTER

BOEMRE Calls for Public Comment to Inform Deepwater Environmental Assessment

http://www.boemre.gov/ooc/press/2011/press0128.htm

LTE: Protect fishermen from offshore drilling

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110203/OPINION/102030332/-1/NEWSMAP

THE ARCTIC

Shell scraps 2011 drilling in Alaska's Arctic waters

http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/02/03/shell-scraps-2011-drilling-in-alaskas-arctic-waters/

NORTH CAROLINA

NC Governor Seeks Public Input for Offshore Energy Future

http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2011/02/03/nc-governor-seeks-public-input-for-offshore-energy-future/

ALTERNATIVES TO OIL

Obama proposes 'green tax' incentives

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bdbe6f54-2f0e-11e0-88ec-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1CukDSyto

"Barack Obama will on Thursday propose to cut oil and gas subsidies to make way for new "green energy" tax incentives designed to encourage US businesses to upgrade their commercial buildings and make them more efficient. 

White House officials said the move was intended to spur job growth in the construction industry and make commercial buildings 20 per cent more energy efficient by 2020."

The world can be powered by alternative energy, using today's technology, in 20-40 years, says Stanford researcher Mark Z. Jacobson

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/january/jacobson-world-energy-012611.html