Feds Reverse Plan to Expand Offshore Drilling

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Source: Apollo Alliance

Digest | December 2, 2010 by admin

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the U.S. will prohibit new oil offshore drilling along the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, as well as in portions of the Gulf of Mexico. Salazar said the move was part of a plan to focus resources on already existing activity.

The impact of a Congress dominated by newly-elected climate change skeptics is already being felt. The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming was shut down yesterday. The committee was created in 2007 by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D. – California).

A new National Wildlife Federation report (co-sponsored by over 35 other organizations, including unions, businesses, and utilities) says the Atlantic Coast has the potential to generate about 212 gigawatts of offshore wind energy. While the U.S. has yet to get one offshore turbine spinning, Europe, the report says, has over 900, generating enough energy to power about 450,000 homes.

Fossil fuels receive 12 times as much money in global subsidies as clean energy, and the discrepancy is a major reason for the slow growth of the renewables industry, according to a report from USC’s Marshall School of Business. more...

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All I can say is, WOOT! :woohoo: Are Pres. Obama & Sec. Salazar finally listening?

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1. No, wait a minute. Read this part again:

The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming was shut down yesterday.

What does that mean to you??????

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2. Yeah, that's the bad part. It means the repukes have gained control, obviously