Roll Call: Who In Congress Helped Increase Offshore Drilling Pollution?
Who in Congress voted to increase pollution by offshore drilling operations in the Arctic? Who voted against increasing pollution?
Who in Congress voted to increase pollution by offshore drilling operations in the Arctic? Who voted against increasing pollution?
The House of Representatives rejected protections that might have saved the lives of the workers on the Deepwater Horizon and prevented the tremendous oil spill that resulted from its explosion.
Bills like S. 926 enable senators to claim that they are taking action to protect America’s shores from another disaster like the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill, without having to accomplish anything. They’re little pieces of show legislation that no one intends to follow through with to completion.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill devastated the American economy. Yet, most members of Congress are continuing to display the energy philosophy of the early 20th century – that oil is the answer to all of America’s needs.
New legislation from George Miller to strengthen regulation and funding for research related to offshore drilling faces a challenging path to become law.
If offshore drilling for oil is bad for California, then Congress ought to recognize similar vulnerabilities across the USA, and address the larger problem rather than protecting only some areas in a piecemeal fashion.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement reports that 3,247 permits for work on offshore drilling have been granted in the last six months alone. Energy development in the United States is next to impossible? Hardly. It’s thriving.
Rick Crawford wants more offshore drilling, faster, farther, deeper, without restraint, regardless of the BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
For the meeting organized by Adcock, Van Scoyoc and Spectra Energy, Laura Rizzo from the Brown re-election campaign openly asked that political action committees come with at least one thousand dollars each for the senator.
Ed Markey accuses Senate Republicans of blocking the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling from effectively doing its work.