Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy
At midnight on Tuesday, September 30th, the federal moratorium on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) will be no more. The OCS drilling ban, renewed every year by Congress since its enactment in 1981, will be allowed to lapse. ...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil
This is the week that Democratic leaders in Congress are expected to bring their energy legislation to a vote. Although details have yet to emerge it’s a safe bet that opening some offshore areas to oil drilling will be a...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Confession: I’m don’t care much for country music. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of Bluegrass and enjoy listening to legendary country artists like Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels and Emmylou Harris. But today’s mainstream country music just doesn’t...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil
Answering “All of the Above” was rarely a good idea during multiple choice tests back in school. It always felt like that choice was meant to trip you up. These days it seems that some in Congress are using the...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
House Republicans gathered en masse on the steps of the Capitol this week, ready to launch a choreographed full-throated cheer for more drilling before the Washington press corps. But a funny thing happened on the way to the forum. The...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil
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...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans
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...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond 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...continued→
