Déjà Vu All Over Again: Another Gulf Rig Explosion 9/02/2010

Trenton – This morning, at around 10:30 a.m. EST, another rig exploded into the Gulf of Mexico. According to Coast Guard reports, the accident took place 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana on the Vermilion rig 380, which is owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy.

Oceans Under The Gun 6/15/2010

Oil and gas exploration and production continue to be dirty and dangerous activities which pollute the ocean, industrialize the coast and degrade estuary ecosystems. Good economic policy should favor sustainable uses of the ocean rather than extraction of oil and gas because sustainable uses yield more economic and environmental benefits. Good energy and climate change policy would also favor the use of oceans for renewable wind and wave energy, not oil and gas production.

Environment America Congressional Scorecard 2009 4/23/2010

Environment America and our federation of state environmental groups produce this regular report on key votes in Congress as one of our many tools to help citizens engage in and impact environmental policy. The scorecard is distributed online, to our entire membership, and through our door-to-door canvass in cities and towns across the country. The 2009 Scorecard looks at the key environmental votes taken between May 2007 and September 2009.

State bill would require utilities to purchase a portion of their energy from offshore wind farms 6/30/2010

Companies that want to build windmills off the coast of southern New Jersey will have guaranteed buyers for their energy under a state proposal. Gov. Chris Christie is considering a bill that passed this week to force utility companies to supply a percentage of their energy through offshore wind. The state passed a similar law last year for commercial solar projects.

Crowds across New Jersey beaches protest offshore oil drilling after Gulf disaster 6/27/2010

Nearly 200 people joined hands on the Atlantic City shoreline at noon Saturday, during one of more than 800 Hands Across the Sands protests worldwide meant to draw attention to the dangers of offshore drilling and promote alternative energy sources.

Easing of clean air rule violates common sense 6/10/2010

As oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Senate is taking the incredulous step of voting on a bill that would increase the nation’s dependence on oil and cost consumers billions at the gas pump.