June 2010 Blog Posts (5)

How Safe is Drilling for Oil in the Gulf of Mexico?

Judging from the Deepwater Horizon (DH) accident, it is obviously not foolproof, and it cannot be made risk-free. It is difficult to say precisely what this risk is, but the data we have to date suggest that even if no new drilling permits were granted, and the laws governing drilling are left as they are, there is a 5% chance we will see another DH-sized accident in the next 10 years of Gulf oil platform operation. If all the existing applications to drill (about 35,000) were granted today,…

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Added by Jack K. Horner on June 30, 2010 at 7:49am — No Comments

Free Movie: "Beyond Oil"

Sierra Club presents: Beyond Oil - Free Movie Screening

The Sierra Club is hosting the free screening of the mini-documentary Beyond Oil at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 29, at The Commons. This movie profiles people impacted in the Gulf and gives a first-hand account of the disaster.… Continue

Added by Mona on June 27, 2010 at 9:50pm — No Comments

President Obama announced the decision to halt all Gulf of Mexico deepwater drilling for at least six months

Recently, President Obama announced the decision to halt all Gulf of Mexico deepwater drilling for at least six months, a critical decision that could lead to even more hardship for workers and families along the Gulf Coast who have already been hit hardest by…

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Added by billp37 on June 11, 2010 at 9:55am — 2 Comments

Solar Day 2010 announced that this year’s global event will be held on June 19, 2010.

----- Forwarded Message -----

From: bpayne37@comcast.net

To: "John/Catherine Alsip" <jkalsip@gmail.com>, "dave" <dave@radfreenm.org>

Sent: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 5:38:44 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain

Subject: Fwd: Consolidated Solar Technologies - Invitation to Solar Day

Hello Dave,
Got your cell phone message on Monday.
Perhaps we should…

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Added by billp37 on June 9, 2010 at 6:13pm — 1 Comment

bilderberg and New Mexico corruption ... and stupidity?

EMISSIONS CAP PROCESS CAN PROCEED

The New Mexico Supreme Court has cleared the way for a state regulatory panel to resume consideration of an environmental group's petition to establish a cap on greenhouse gas emissions in the state. The justices vacated a lower court ruling that effectively halted the regulatory panel's process for considering the emissions proposal and ordered the case sent back to the panel so it could continue gathering expert testimony and public…

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Added by billp37 on June 7, 2010 at 5:20pm — No Comments