July 15, 2008: President Bush Lifts Executive Ban On Offshore Oil Drilling
President Bush lifted an executive ban on offshore oil drilling yesterday. According to the New York Times, the move “will have no real impact” because of a Congressional moratorium on offshore drilling that is still in place.
Climate Progress looks at how some of the mainstream media have covered the story, and points out that 8.3. million offshore acres were opened up to drilling in 2006 when “oil prices were only $60 a barrel.”
Public Land Lease Giveaways and Offshore Oil Drilling: Bill Becker–Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project–looks at the energy and environmental legacy of George W. Bush.
Over at the Huffington Post, Jack Hidary discusses how America can redesign its transportation industries and create jobs in the process.
According to Gar Lipow over at Grist, the Clean Air Interstate Rule was struck down by a federal appeals court because of the carbon trading system.
Green Business Roundup: Toyota announced that U.S.-based production of the Prius hybrid will begin in 2010 at a plant in Mississippi.
Craig Rubens looks at President Bush’s international Clean Technology Fund, and Janet Redman investigates the fund’s relationship to the World Bank’s Climate Investment Fund.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on a California solar rebate program that has “funded enough new installations this year to generate 59.4 megawatts of electricity.”
Rocky Mountain Institute co-founder Amory Lovins was recently discussed the future of renewable energy with Mother Jones Magazine.
–Christopher Greenspan
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