November 11, 2005

11/11 - Congress Comes to its Senses: Offshore oil drilling issue dropped (for the time being)

A dumb idea at a dumb time meets with the proper fate.

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Bad Idea #4377: we're runnning out of oil, let's go destroy our coastlines


Posted by Randy Olson at November 11, 2005 12:07 PM
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The are gearing up for more offshore drilling off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada as well. It is a depressed economy, especially due to the moratorium on cod fishing, so people are accepting this without thinking of the consequences, e.g. what damage a spill would do to all of the rookeries and breeding areas for many types of sea birds and sea mammals, not to mention the cod and other fish. I can't blame the fisherman for trying to figure out a way to stay in the place they love, but there needs to be someway, something more sustainable can be figured out for that area.

Posted by: Chris Wolff at November 14, 2005 04:10 PM