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Posts Tagged 'offshore drilling'

South Carolina Green Party For Offshore Oil Drilling?

Posted on October 19 2010 by Congress Watcher

South Carolina Green Party congressional candidate Faye Walters supports the expansion of offshore drilling for oil, and drilling in oil shales on land as well.

Wicker and Vitter Want Government To Pay For BP Oil Spill Damage

Posted on October 4 2010 by Congress Watcher

Roger Wicker and David Vitter don’t want BP or any other offshore drilling companies to be held fully responsible. That’s why, last week, Wicker and Vitter introduced S. 3934.

Mary Landrieu Holds Economy Hostage To Oil Drilling Interests

Posted on September 25 2010 by Congress Watcher

Senator Mary landrieu is not merely holding Jack Lew’s nomination hostage. She is holding the American economy hostage as well, and it’s all for the sake of big oil.

Wisconsin’s Theron Pretends Gulf Oil Disasters Never Happened

Posted on September 13 2010 by Congress Watcher

In Wisconsin’s 2nd district, both Republican candidates for Congress seem content to paper over serious problems with the environment and energy policy.

Frank Pallone Blasts New Gulf Offshore Drilling Accident

Posted on September 3 2010 by Congress Watcher

If a member of Congress from New Jersey can respond quickly to a new offshore drilling accident off Louisiana’s shores, why are Louisiana’s representatives in Washington D.C. so slow to respond?

Wynne LeGrow Gives Straight Talk On Energy

Posted on August 23 2010 by Congress Watcher

4th congressional district Democrats in Virginia have Wynne LeGrow, a strong candidate who isn’t afraid to acknowledge the extraordinary environmental challenges our nation faces.

Clean Energy Missing In Florida’s First District

Posted on August 23 2010 by Congress Watcher

Jeff Miller is a terrible choice for voters who are serious about energy reform, but Miller’s independent challengers, John Krause, Joe Cantrell and Jim Bryan, won’t take a stand for clean energy either.

Nunes Promises Safe Oil Drilling

Posted on July 29 2010 by Congress Watcher

This week has seen a new oil spill of about one million gallons in the Gulf of Mexico, which will remain uncapped for at least 10 more days, and a oil spill that has fouled a huge length of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan, even as the the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues to defy cleanup efforts.

Chaffetz On Offshore Drilling and Ocean Conservation

Posted on July 28 2010 by Congress Watcher

It’s absurd for Chaffetz to assert that the Clean Act’s extension of the current Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Illinois Shimkus Rants Against Protecting Gulf Shores From Oil Spills

Posted on July 21 2010 by Congress Watcher

The real choice that we face is a choice between jobs that create a cleaner, more sustainable economy, and jobs that maintain the dangerous, dirty economy of the past.

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