Offshore Drilling

Sarah, Plain and Simple; or, Drilling for the Superficial

Mark Axelrod | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green


Mark Axelrod

I'm not going to argue with Sarah Palin about the need for US energy independence, but clearly one doesn't have to sing a James Taylor song to know that we can't continue burning fossil fuels forever.

Environmentalists Concerned That Senate Dems Will Permit Drilling In Climate Change Negotiations

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business


The Hill reports that environmentalists are expressing unease that Democrats will permit more offshore drilling in the Senate's climate change bill. ...

How Senate Dems Should Lure GOP to a Climate Bill

David Roberts | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green


David Roberts

If the Democrats are going to compromise on the climate change bill, they should secure real commitments in return. And they should compromise with money, not architecture.

Stopping Ocean Sprawl

Paul McRandle | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green


Paul McRandle

"Ocean sprawl" is a combination of offshore oil rigs, shipping lanes, wind farms and ever more ocean uses--and it puts increased pressure on ocean and coastal resources already under enormous strain.

Cook Islands Stakes Claim With UN To More Undersea Resources

Commonwealth Secretariat | Posted 05.24.2009 | Green


The Cook Islands has lodged a submission with the United Nations to secure access to additional areas of seabed for the benefit of present and future ...

Offshore Energy Development Requires Delicate Balance

AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 05.10.2009 | Green


NEW ORLEANS — As the Obama administration formulates its energy policy, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday he would take a broad look...

Santa Barbara Opposed To Offshore Oil Exploration Once More

AP | BY NOAKI SCHWARTZ | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green


LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Months after making national headlines for supporting offshore oil drilling, the county famous for spawning the modern env...

GOP Looks For Next "Drill, Baby, Drill"

Politico | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics


Republicans are searching for a new catchphrase to define this year's offshore drilling debate after concluding the memorable "drill, baby, drill" lin...

Activists Call Offshore Drilling "Flirting With Disaster"

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 03.15.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — Environmental advocates urged Congress on Wednesday to reinstate the broad moratorium on offshore oil drilling, but a key congressm...

Obama Administration Halts Bush Expansion Of Offshore Drilling

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 03.13.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has rejected a Bush administration plan to open vast waters off the Pacific and Atlantic coasts to o...

Ted Danson To Testify On Offshore Drilling

thehill.com | Posted 03.13.2009 | Green


Actor Ted Danson, a longtime ocean advocate and Oceana board member, is set to testify Wednesday morning about what he believes are the "chief threats...

Brokered California Offshore Drilling Deal Now In Trouble

AP | NOAKI SCHWARTZ | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green


LOS ANGELES — An agreement paving the way for the first oil drilling off the California coast in nearly 40 years has run into unexpected opposit...

Salazar Likely To Kill Bush Offshore Drilling Plan, Slow Drilling In Rockies

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO and H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday the expansion of offshore oil drilling should be worked out with Congress as part of a ...

Day 1 of the New Congress Bodes Well for Oceans

Sarah Chasis | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green


Sarah Chasis

Like a Clean Air Act for our air, and a Clean Water Act for our water - we need a landmark bill to protect the health of our oceans.

Steven Chu, Energy Chief

James M. Gentile | Posted 01.22.2009 | Green


James M. Gentile

Chu understands that energy policy is not just about oil, and he has a distinguished history of involvement in the kinds of transformational science that could radically alter U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Richardson Appointment Is Good News for Oceans

Frances Beinecke | Posted 01.04.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

As Secretary of Commerce, Bill Richardson can position the US as a leader on international ocean issues. He is a big-picture person, someone who understands the global stage.

Voters Support Clean Energy And Offshore Drilling, Poll Finds

Grist | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green


Seventy-eight percent of voters believe that investing in clean energy is important to revitalizing the economy, according to a new Zogby Internationa...

Obama To Use Executive Orders For Immediate Environmental Impact

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green


WASHINGTON — President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush ad...

The Silent Saudi Squeeze (and a Suffragist Solution)

Rachel Haimowitz | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics


Rachel Haimowitz

As our presidential nominees discuss bailouts and economic plans they have largely ignored one particular issue that underpins them all: Saudi Arabia.

Environment Slips As Key Factor In Virginia Presidential Vote

Mark Meier | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home


Mark Meier

The presidential race in Virginia is heating up--so is the environment. In the same week that an autumn heat wave brought 80ยบ days to the Commonwealt...

In Defense of Obama's Dirty Energy Rhetoric

David Roberts | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green


David Roberts

A close look at the language Obama uses reveals that his support for things like nuclear and "clean coal" is framed in conditional terms that, if taken seriously, pose high and possibly insuperable barriers to those technologies becoming market competitive.

One Reason Offshore Drilling Won't Lower Gas Prices: OPEC

Josh Nelson | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green


Josh Nelson

OPEC is acting to immediately stabilize prices in the neighborhood of $70-$90 per barrel. Just eight years ago OPEC tried to keep prices in the $22-$28 range.

The Pelosi Panic

Brian Oxman | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics


Brian Oxman

What the gas crisis did was deprive the mortgage, banking, and insurance industries of their fine line of profitability like a gust of wind on a high-wire act.

Spill, Baby, Spill!

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


Matthew Filipowicz

The scary thing is that the Republicans want more. Even after it's obvious the realities of "drill, baby, drill" are "spill, baby, spill", they still want more.

The Oxymoron of Clean Coal (Joe Biden Had it Right Before He Had it Wrong.)

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


Simran Sethi

Clean coal is a lie. The catch-all term is used by politicians and coal advocates alike to lull the American public into complacency.