Ocean Oil, Tar Sand Goo, and Other Obsolete Mediums of Pollution
Posted June 23, 2008 in The Media and the Environment
The offshore drilling debate continues to dominate news…
Adrianna Quintero appeared on Telemundo's national nightly news show, Al Rojo Vivo, responding to President Bush's proposal to permit off-shore drilling… On WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show Jim Presswood discourages shortsighted investments in offshore drilling and discusses the dangers of doing so… Josh Mogerman talks about the threats of spills from pipelines carrying oil from Alberta’s tar sands on Wisconsin Public Radio… Henry Henderson emphasizes the environmental, energy and financial expenses of wringing oil from Canadian tar sands in the Chicago Sun Times, highlighting the unwelcome arrival of Alberta’s energy minister…
The Associated Press reports the Supreme Court has decided to take the NRDC lawsuit against the Navy regarding the Navy’s woefully inadequate use of sonar protections while training… In the New York Times, Ralph Cavanagh recounts what it was like to be present in 2001 when the CEO of Duke Energy called for industry support for a federal carbon cap… In the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Elizabeth Martin Perera warns that investment in liquid coal fuel would increase carbon emissions, be devastating to the environment, and do nothing to improve America’s oil addiction; efficiency is the answer.
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Mr. Sustainable — Jun 23 2008 04:16 PM
As part of my authoring process for Keyboard Culture Global Warming, I've been researching the state of the marketplace for novice investors. I have been AMAZED at how much money is being thrown as such abominations as Canadian tar sands. There are plenty of people who simply don't give a hoot about clean air and water, despite knowing in the back of their mind that we need these things in order to survive.