Oil Drilling News

GULF OIL DISASTER

Sick fish in Gulf are alarming scientists

http://www.pnj.com/article/20110508/NEWS01/105080328/Sick-fish-Gulf-alarming-scientists

"Scientists are alarmed by the discovery of unusual numbers of fish in the Gulf of Mexico and inland waterways with skin lesions, fin rot, spots, liver blood clots and other health problems."

They have left, the oil has not

http://www.lionsroarnews.com/opinions/they-have-left-the-oil-has-not-1.2225738

OIL/ENERGY POLICY - NGOs and the States Fight Back

The Truth about Rising Gasoline Prices (Union of Concerned Scientists)

http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/truth-about-rising-gas-prices-0538.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tw&utm_campaign=tw

Big Oil's Fingerprints (California League of Conservation Voters)

http://www.ecovote.org/blog/big-oils-fingerprints

Going overboard in quest for oil (Virginia)

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/05/going-overboard-quest-oil

Expand offshore drilling? / Emotional response (New Jersey)

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/opinion/editorials/expand-offshore-drilling-emotional-response/article_dd1f3cda-0121-5fdb-9604-f5d4674b49ad.html

Fort Lauderdale demonstration to oppose offshore oil drilling (Florida/National)

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/blogs/green-south-florida/sfl-fort-lauderdale-demonstration-to-oppose-offshore-oil-drilling-20110509,0,6325374.story

Opponents of offshore drilling will hold their second annual Hands Across the Sand event June 25 in Fort Lauderdale, as part of a national day of demonstrations against the expansion of oil exploration off U.S. shores.

ALTERNATIVES TO OIL

The Public's Support for Alternative Energy and a Path to Citizenship Transcends Political Barriers

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/05/snapshot050911.html

Renewables could be 80 percent of energy by 2050: U.N.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/09/us-energy-renewables-idUSTRE7481L220110509