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Its no parody: BP finalist for safest offshore drilling or ‘the joke’s on U.S.’

May 1st, 2010 · Comments Off on Its no parody: BP finalist for safest offshore drilling or ‘the joke’s on U.S.’

Painful times call for painful humor to help release the tension and, at times, find whatever Silver Lining might exist in disastrous circumstances. Looking to the seemingly endless wave descending on the Gulf Coast, threatening fragile environmental spaces and many different economic activities (fishing, tourism, …), it would be easy to imagine that the following […]

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Destroying the Gulf for what? Better paths forward …

May 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments

During the 2008 campaign, a Palin-McCain Michigan ad had this line: “Offshore drilling to reduce the price of gas to spur truck sales.” How many times does it need to be said? Offshore drilling is, at best, a 1 cent, 1 percent solution 20 years off to the question of gasoline prices. According to Department […]

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