Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil
This Halloween the oil industry is enjoying all the treats while we endure their tricks. Fueled by sky-high oil prices over the summer, Exxon Mobil broke its own eye-popping records by raking in nearly $15 billion in profits. Third quarter earnings for...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans
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...continued→
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 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→
