skip to main content

Natural Resources Defense Council

Switchboard

Rob Perks's Blog

Issues: Reviving the World's Oceans

BREAKING NEWS: Virginia Coast Off-Limits to Drilling

May 6, 2010

Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
drilling, gulfcoast, gulfspill, interior, ocean, offshoredrilling, virginia

This just in...The U.S. Department of Interior has indefinitely suspended plans for an oil and gas lease sale off the Virginia coastline! Two days ago I blogged on this: As a native Virginian who grew up surfing Virginia Beach and vacationing...

Drill, Baby, Drill? Clean, Baby, Clean!

May 4, 2010

Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
BP, britishpetroleum, cleanenergy, climate, climatebill, climatelegislation, dirtyenergy, drilling, gulfcoast, gulfspill, ocs, oil, oildrilling

Talk about having your head stuck in the oil-soaked sand.  In the wake of the Gulf Coast oil spill, Sarah Palin recently reiterated her commitment to the slogan 'drill here, drill now', writing on her Facebook page: "All responsible energy development...

When 'Drill, Baby, Drill' Leads to 'Spill, Baby, Spill'

October 7, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
california, cleanenergy, florida, gasprices, gulfcoast, hurricanes, hurricane_ike, newjersey, offshoredrilling, oildrilling, virginia

Last week I wrote about how Congress allowed the 26-year-old federal offshore drilling moratorium to expire, but I noted that the issue is not a done deal. Lo and behold, Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV), chair of the House Natural Resources...

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...

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...
more

Switchboard Archives

Rob Perks's archives