Comments on: House of Representatives approves offshore-drilling bill… http://energyanalysis.org/2008/09/25/house-of-representatives-approves-offshore-drilling-bill/ Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:50:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Val Marmillion http://energyanalysis.org/2008/09/25/house-of-representatives-approves-offshore-drilling-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Val Marmillion Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:01:34 +0000 http://energyanalysis.org/?p=264#comment-55 With the national debate centered on offshore oil expansion we need to focus on what happens right here in America’s Energy Coast - Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama - which provides the nation with 90% of its the offshore domestic oil and gas supply! Hurricanes Gustav and Ike have once again demonstrated that the entire country is vulnerable when the Gulf Coast is threatened. The devastation of these natural disasters cause tremendous stress to an intricate system that supplies Americans with energy and myriad commodities. Sound national policy that recognizes the relationship between a healthy ecosystem, energy and economic security is required, but the time to act is now. The America’s Energy Coast initiative released an accord that addresses issues of climate, energy and the coast in a format that will yield technology and solutions, best practices, and policy recommendations at all levels of government. Check it out at americasenergycoast.org With the national debate centered on offshore oil expansion we need to focus on what happens right here in America’s Energy Coast – Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama – which provides the nation with 90% of its the offshore domestic oil and gas supply! Hurricanes Gustav and Ike have once again demonstrated that the entire country is vulnerable when the Gulf Coast is threatened. The devastation of these natural disasters cause tremendous stress to an intricate system that supplies Americans with energy and myriad commodities. Sound national policy that recognizes the relationship between a healthy ecosystem, energy and economic security is required, but the time to act is now.

The America’s Energy Coast initiative released an accord that addresses issues of climate, energy and the coast in a format that will yield technology and solutions, best practices, and policy recommendations at all levels of government. Check it out at americasenergycoast.org

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