OIL/ENERGY POLICY
Drilling it in (Daily Princetonian Op-ed)
"Regulation might never be able to remove the risk from the dangerous enterprise of offshore drilling. The only path to true energy independence and greater national security is to decrease American energy consumption and to invest in homegrown renewable energy."
NORTH CAROLINA
Why drilling for oil off N.C. coast is a bad idea
NEW ZEALAND TANKER SPILL
'Highly toxic' water at Mt Maunganui
"Maritime New Zealand has ordered people away from "highly toxic" water at Mt Maunganui beach as oil from a stricken container ship washes up onshore. The Liberian-flagged Rena cargo ship was carrying about 1700 tonnes of heavy fuel oil and about 70 tonnes of marine diesel when it struck the Astrolabe Reef at top speed on October 5."
ALTERNATIVES TO OIL
