Congress Ignores Phytoplankton Crisis
Not one member of the House or Senate has uttered one word about the phytoplankton crisis. Not one piece of legislation has been proposed to deal with the problem.
Posts Tagged 'oceans'
Chaffetz On Offshore Drilling and Ocean Conservation
It’s absurd for Chaffetz to assert that the Clean Act’s extension of the current Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Shadegg Steps Forward For Billfish
A bipartisan group in Congress is supporting the Billfish Conservation Act.
Republicans Go Coastal On Ocean Acidification
15 of the 20 Republicans who voted in favor of a resolution supporting action on ocean acidification come from states that border the ocean.
House Hypocrisy On Cousteau Resolution and Offshore Oil
The Cousteau birthday resolution is worse than nothing when Congress continues to hold the profits of Big Oil in a higher place than the ecological integrity of American waters.
Senator Rockefeller Leaves Otters Hanging
H.R. 556 would require oil companies currently operating along California’s coast to clean up their operations and work to ensure reasonable protection of California’s coastal ecosystems. Is that why John Rockefeller opposes the legislation?
Senate Opposition To Offshore Drilling Is Piecemeal
Senators are offering limited legislation to deal with the problem of risky offshore drilling, presenting bills that affect only certain areas, or only for a certain time.
Offshore Drilling Disaster Leads To No New Drilling Act
The No New Drilling Act would prevent the tremendous risk created by plans to radically expand offshore drilling all up and down America’s Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts.
Kathy Castor Confronts Offshore Drilling, Sort Of
If Kathy Catstor wants to protect her district from the extreme pollution that comes from offshore drilling, she’ll need to push for a new moratorium, not just the denial of a little distance.
Deepwater Horizon Drills Failed In Pennsylvania’s 17th District
For those residents of the 17th district in Pennsylvania who have been disturbed by the tremendous pollution that has resulted from the self-destruction of the Deepwater Horizon, it doesn’t seem that there is a single candidate who will step forward and speak for their concerns.
