Outer Continental Shelf

Shell's 'Let's Go' Ad in HuffPo: Why We Mustn't Allow Shell to Go... to America's Arctic Seas

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Endangered Western Pacific Gray Whales, ClimateStoryTellers.Org, Beaufort Sea, Alaska Politics, Inupiat Community, Beaufort Drilling, Walruses, Shell Oil, Offshore Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling, Green News, Chukchi Sea, Endangered Species, Climate Change, Chukchi Drilling, Alaska, Polar Bears Endangered, Sakhalin Island, Global Warming, Outer Continental Shelf, Green News
Subhankar Banerjee

Last Sunday, after I posted my most recent blog, "Climate Educators Wanted," I visited the Green page in HuffPost. My eyes lit up. Before my eyes, the...

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Obama Goes Forward on Clean Cars, Backward on Offshore Drilling

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Oil Drilling, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Fuel Efficiency, Clean Cars, Obama, Oceans, Offshore Drilling, Outer Continental Shelf, Green News
Frances Beinecke

I do not support President Obama's decision to open vast areas of our oceans to offshore drilling. Expanding offshore drilling will take us backward, not forward.

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Statistical Grok on Oil: A 'Crude' Awakening?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Oil, Conservation, Lower 48 Outer Continental Shelf, Artic National Wildlife Refuge, Crude Oil, Tire Pressure, Outer Continental Shelf, Average Gas Mileage, Green News
Bill Chameides

Here's a comparison of the amounts of oil Americans can expect to gain or save from three well-touted options.

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Is Drilling the Answer?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Oil, Offshore Oil Drilling, Oil Prices, Energy Information Agency, Gas Prices, Outer Continental Shelf, Ocs, Green News
Bill Chameides

All politics aside, I would like to share with you the information I have been able to gather with regard to the amount of oil we might be able to get from offshore drilling.

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We Tried Offshore Drilling and Oil Prices Doubled

Joseph Romm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Offshore Drilling, Oil, Big Oil, Outer Continental Shelf, Politics News
Joseph Romm

In 2006, we opened for drilling the Outer Continental shelf estimated to contain more than 40 billion barrels of oil. Oil prices were$60 a barrel then. In the two years since, prices have more than have doubled.

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The Truth About Offshore Drilling

Michael Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil, Obama Energy Policy, Energy Crisis, John McCain, McCain and Business, Offshore Drilling, Offshore Drilling Oil Prices, Oil Prices, Outer Continental Shelf, Politics News
Michael Schwartz

Though McCain's plan for offshore drilling will not ease the energy crisis, it is dandy patronage for the oil industry, who will be able to make nice profits from extracting and selling the 200,000 barrels per day.

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Addicted to Oil: The Bush Legacy

Bill Katovsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Energy, Oil Drilling, George Bush Energy Policy, Oil Policy, Oil Politics, Outer Continental Shelf, Politics News
Bill Katovsky

It's hard to take much stock in whatever Bush has to say about oil or energy policy. His stance on this issue have always been entropic, misguided, and typically wrong.

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