President Bush and the Republican’t Nominee John McBush are both trying to exploit our pain at the gas pump into an opportunity to get even more profits for the oil companies by lifting the ban on offshore oil drilling.
This is an environmental disaster waiting to happen and it will NOT help lower gas prices. Worse yet it is an investment in continuing our dependence on oil and our reliance on oil producing countries that hate us.
It is time that we “turn and face the change” to alternative energy, renewable resources, Green Energy.
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At a townhall meeting in May, Senator John McCain was cool to the idea of ending a federal moratorium on drilling offshore, but he now fully endorses removing federal restrictions on the drilling practice.
More offshore crane work taking place.
(Sacramento) Assemblymember Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) joined many of his colleagues in the State Legislature to oppose a proposal to allow new oil drilling off the coast of California. During the floor debate on legislation (AB23xxxx) to allow the PXP/Tranquillion Ridge project to go forward Assemblymember Nava said, This bill is all about manipulating the budget crisis to create a windfall for one oil company and called it an historic reversal of decades of environmental policy. Heres more from Assemblymember Nava in this Assembly Access video.
Years of pictures and video taken from offshore platforms Hondo, Harmony and Heritage off the Santa Barbara Coast.
Oil rig in the north sea. Crane work taking place.
As the nation’s struggling economy surpasses the war in Iraq as the biggest concern for most Americans, it is time for Congress to make a serious decision on the issue of domestic drilling in ANWR and offshore oil reserves. The widespread call to end the 1981 moratorium on offshore drilling coupled with a decision to drill in the ANWR region could significantly reduce our dependency on foreign oil. Here is why this is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and what can be done now to solve it…
(1/27/10) Barack Obama–State of the Union: “To create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. That means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country. It means making tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development. It means continued investment in advanced biofuels and clean coal technologies.”
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PlusBush Looks Offshore to Fix High Oil PricesBush Looks Offshore to Fix High Oil PricesThe Associated PressWith gasoline topping $4 a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its longstanding ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying that the United States needs to increase its energy production. (June 18)This video contains ONLY natural sound. No script is available.