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...creation of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling came on the heels of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico—considered the largest offshore spill in U.S. history—that resulted from a drilling rig explosion in April. The group has been tasked with providing recommendations to prevent future spills...
...creation of the commission comes on the heels of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico—considered the largest offshore spill in U.S. history—that resulted from a Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion in April...
Raskin said that alarming levels of corporate misconduct have influenced the current generation of students—from the Massey Energy Corporation in West Virginia, to BP Oil in the Gulf of Mexico, to Goldman Sachs on Wall Street...
...recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reopened the debate about the best way to extract energy in an environmentally responsible manner. However, the response to this spill has reinforced a regrettable, yet pervasive, myth. The climate-change debate is often portrayed as a battle between man and nature, in which only one side can come out ahead. But an examination of the technological options for energy production tells us that this is not the case...
...need to move past environmentally devastating energy production is extremely pertinent. The U.S. needs to be a leader in alternative energy if it is to motivate the world to pursue greener technology. Especially after the recent fatal explosion and resulting oil spill off of the Gulf Coast, there is a sense of urgency. The failures of offshore drilling cannot be ignored, and fossil fuels are unsafe, unhealthy, and unethical. The U.S. should become more self-sufficient when it comes to energy, and Cape Wind is one exemplary part of this strategy...