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Texas T. and Me

August 18, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
bulwer-lytton, drilling, pickens, renewableenergy

He came on like a Texas tornado, after first approaching as quietly as a ninja wearing those soft-soled shoes, to take center stage as boldly as a tophat-and-tails circus ringmaster, letting his ideas gush forth like a newly tapped oil...

Offshore Drilling? Endless Bummer.

August 14, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
drilling, gasprices, lairdhamilton, oil, surfing

 I was lucky enough to grow up not too far from the beach, so I've spent a good part of my life – but not nearly enough – surfing. I rode my first wave as a teenager off the Outer...

Ask the Candidates, Get Candid Answers

August 13, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
environmentalpolicy, environmentalpolitics

We expect much from our elected leaders yet rarely do we get the opportunity to engage them on the issues we care about. So many members of Congress, yet so little chance to actually ask them where they stand on...

Drilling is no laughing matter -- or is it?

August 5, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
drilling, energy, fiore, gasprice, gasprices, oil

High gas prices have become the dominant political issue this summer.  Clearly, people are feeling pain at the pump and they want the government to do something…anything…everything (!) to ‘fix’ this problem.  Unfortunately, many in Congress are exploiting this situation...

Coal: Not Just a Climate Killer

June 30, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
cancer, coal, coalindustry, coalpower, simplesteps

In a single year, less than one in 100,000 Americans contract a rare form of bone marrow cancer. In Pennsylvania coal country, the rate is 15 times higher. This chilling stat opens an eye-opening, heart-rending short documentary produced by the American...

Rob Perks
Rob Perks
Director, Center for Advocacy Campaigns
Washington, D.C.
I run NRDC's Center for Advocacy Campaigns. Our shop exists to guide NRDC's policy and...
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