March 24, 2005
3/24 - Virginia Coastal Oil Drilling: This is turning into whack-a-mole
The whack-a-mole analogy has been heavily used over the past year to describe fighting the enemy in Iraq. Well, its also getting to be appropriate for dealing with the Bush onslaught on the environment. Every time you turn around now they are pushing to reverse environmental protections (such as the Alaska oil drilling, rolling back air quality standards, etc.) that have been diligently constructed over the past 30 years. The Virginia General Assembly is now trying to slip in new legislation to allow drilling for natural gas and oil off Virginia's coast. Here's an editorial that summarizes the situation.
Coming Soon to the Virginia Coast?
Posted by Randy Olson at March 24, 2005 03:58 PMHey, It's my GOD GIVEN RIGHT to drive a gas guzzling Chevy Suburban. Drill away, God will take care of the planet.
Posted by: anonymous at March 27, 2005 01:44 PM