|
|
|---|
|
American Politics Journal Atrios Barry Crimmins Betty Bowers Buzzflash Consortium News Daily Howler Daily Kos Democatic Underground Disinfotainment Today Evil GOP Bastards Faux News Channel Greg Palast The Hollywood Liberal Internet Weekly Jesus General Joe Conason Josh Marshall Liberal Oasis Make Them Accountable Mark Morford Mike Malloy Political Humor - About.com Political Wire Randi Rhodes Rude Pundit Smirking Chimp Take Back the Media Whitehouse.org More Links |
Oil could
foul Gulf Coast
Obama - bad time to OK off-shore drilling
Excerpt:
Coast Guard crews raced to protect the Gulf of
Mexico coastline Monday as a remote sub tried to shut off
an underwater oil well that's gushing 42,000
gallons a day from the site of a wrecked drilling platform.
If crews cannot stop the leak quickly, they might
need to redirect the oil, a laborious process
that could take weeks while oil washes up
along a broad stretch of shore, from the white-sand
beaches of Florida's Panhandle to the swamps
of Louisiana.
As of Monday afternoon, an area 48 miles long
and 39 miles wide was covered
by oil that leaked from the site of the rig,
Did I imagine it? I think I
remember hearing Obama say last month, when he
green-lit off-shore drilling, that "new
technologies" were making oil spills "less
likely."
Really?
"Less likely" than what?
The massive oil spills of the late eighties?
Can we get a progress report on Obama's promise to embrace renewable energies?
I don't think nu-ku-ler power and off-shore drilling point to "embracing"
the future.