Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that he’ll be splitting the Mineral Management Service into three pieces in response to charges that officials there dropped the ball leading up to the current oil spill disaster in the Gulf.
The move is designed to eliminate conflicts of interest between the More…
As the scramble continues to plug the oil gusher a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico — and as Senate Democrats promote their long-awaited proposal designed to tackle climate change — Al Gore offers a cogent reminder that the oil derived by expanding offshore drilling More…
Good news first: The oil spewing from the busted well on the Gulf of Mexico’s seafloor is likely of a light grade that will be easier to clean up than some heavy crudes, according to early tests conducted by a Louisiana State University scientist.
Now the bad news: More…
A few weeks back, President Obama made waves by announcing his support for an expansion of offshore oil drilling — a strategy that Democrats on Capitol Hill had fought hard to defeat in recent years.
Today, as the oil from an enormous spill in the Gulf of Mexico creeps More…
In the summer of 2008, with gas prices through the roof and Republicans calling for an expansion of offshore oil drilling, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a vocal proponent of renewable energies, called the drilling strategy “a cruel hoax on the American people.”
What a difference a year More…
Following this morning’s White House jobs meeting with congressional leaders from both parties, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) issued a statement laying out his four-part plan to tackle the nation’s unemployment crisis.
Let’s just say there’s a bit of a theme:
Today is the 20th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill which left 11 million gallons of black petroleum deposited on a pristine Alaska coastline. The Daily Green looks at the sorry aftermath, including how Exxon, thanks to the Supreme Court, paid a penalty that was less than one More…
For environmentalists hoping that the new Democratic margins in Congress might lead to the return of a decades-old moratorium on offshore oil drilling — you might not want to hold your breath.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Tuesday that Democrats have no plans to reinstate the drilling More…
In a full-page spread in today’s Washington Post, some players in the energy industry take an opportunity to congratulate Congress for allowing a 26-year-old moratorium on new offshore oil drilling to expire.
That move, the companies postulate, “may prove to be a significant measure in addressing our long-term fiscal More…
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