a href=”http://thatsmycongress.com/house/repSpeierCA12112.html”>Jackie Speier accused her colleagues of supporting H.R. 910 because of the money they have been given by oil, gas, and coal companies – and because of the money they hope to collect from the industry in the future.

Last year, the Department of the Interior published regulations to keep the carcinogenic and otherwise poisonous rubble created by mountaintop removal mining out of the streams that sustain wildlife and (if you want to be anthropocentric) feed into the drinking water supplies for millions of Americans. Last month, Rep. Bill Johnson of Ohio introduced H.Amdt [...]

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.

Jeff Morris may describe himself as the candidate of reason, but his sloppy evaluation of climate legislation shows that he is the master neither of reason nor of the facts upon which reason depends.

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?

Although they’re generally not inclined to support many progressive causes, these politicians may be motivated by their state’s long coastline, and by voter sentiment in Florida, which is strongly against the expansion of offshore drilling.

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.

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

If we fail to prepare, countless unsuspecting birds, wildlife, will not return to Minnesota and our ecosystems and economies will feel the impact, not just in Minnesota but throughout the country; not just in Louisiana, not just in Florida.