GULF OIL DISASTER/DEEPWATER DRILLING
Experts say management failed in BP spill
Chevron Sees US Deepwater Drilling Resuming By Midyear
'Fog Of Research' Clouds Study Of Oil's Effects In Gulf (NPR)
Onshore Oil Infrastructure Could Change our Coasts Forever (Southern Alliance for Clean Energy)
"The large amount of onshore and near shore infrastructure required for offshore oil and natural gas drilling and refining has proven unsafe and hazardous for both the environment and human health. Opening up the Atlantic coast and the eastern Gulf of Mexico to offshore drilling could literally change the face of our coastal communities forever."
GETTING OFF OIL
If Not Now, When?
"The smart thing for us to do right now is to impose a $1-a-gallon gasoline tax, to be phased in at 5 cents a month beginning in 2012, with all the money going to pay down the deficit. Legislating a higher energy price today that takes effect in the future, notes the Princeton economist Alan Blinder, would trigger a shift in buying and investment well before the tax kicks in. With one little gasoline tax, we can make ourselves more economically and strategically secure, help sell more Chevy Volts and free ourselves to openly push for democratic values in the Middle East without worrying anymore that it will harm our oil interests. Yes, it will mean higher gas prices, but prices are going up anyway, folks. Let's capture some it for ourselves."
