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Time for a new oil industry watchdog: Citizens!!!

Posted in Energy, Good Government, tagged , on December 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »

During the final public meeting on the BP oil spill disaster, the Oil Spill Commission indicated that it would recommend reforms to address the current regime of lax safety and environmental regulations, future oil spill response, and Gulf Coast restoration. Not surprisingly, one theme surfaced that cuts across all of these areas – the need [...]

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Offshore-drilling safety record declining?

Posted in Energy, Uncategorized, tagged , , , on December 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Deepwater Horizon rig catastrophe has been called a unique event by the oil industry, but the recent history of offshore drilling suggests otherwise according to an investigative story by the Wall Street Journal. In the months before and after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, spilling millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, [...]

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Foreign Oil Companies Fund Climate-Skeptic Congressional Candidates

Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, green jobs, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We were right when we said the Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case was going to have a negative impact on the political system in this country. The ruling has paved the way to make mid-term election campaigns the only growing industry in this economic crisis. The ruling has turned candidates’ focus from [...]

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Another Rig Explosion in the Gulf of Mexico

Posted in Energy, tagged , , , , , , on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The following blog was posted on Public Citizen’s energy blog by Tyson Slocum Another Rig Explosion in the Gulf of Mexico Here’s what we know: On the morning of Thursday, Sept. 2, an oil and gas rig owned by Mariner Energy, Inc., operating in about 340 feet of water on the continental shelf experienced an explosion and subsequently [...]

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Texas and Dirty Energy Money

Posted in Campaign Finance, Coal, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Recently, I learned about a good website that tracks the flow of corporate energy money in Congress. The website is a great tool for someone who is interested in knowing who gets what from who and if you are a Texan you will get to see your state initials in many places in the website. [...]

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Wishing BP a Happy World Oceans Day

Posted in Global Warming, Toxics, Uncategorized, tagged , on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

World Oceans Day has been celebrated unofficially since 1992, and officially since December 2008 when the UN formally recognized it. Organized by The Ocean Project and the World Ocean Network, this holiday celebrates our oceans which bring us clean air, clean food, and clean water- that is, until April 20. The explosion at BP’s Deepwater [...]

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Texas Attorney General Files Injuction Against BP for Clean Air Act Violations

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday the Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed an official injunction against BP Products’s Texas City Refinery for “violating state health, safety and environmental protection laws, including the Texas Clean Air Act, the Texas Water Code, and the Texas Health & Safety Code.”  The refinery was cited for 46 separate emissions of unlawful pollutants, a [...]

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