Yale Environment 360: Opinion, Analysis, Reporting & Debate Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader Climate News Food Politics Casting Oil Upon the Waters: The House Drilling Bills | David Goldston This week, the House could vote on three bills to expand offshore oil and gas drilling. It is remarkable enough that the House would take up such measures before Congress has done a thing to make drilling safer. But what is truly astounding about these bills is that they would actually make the system that governs offshore drilling weaker than it was before the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. This is legislation that should give pause even to the most ardent proponents of offshore drilling. These bills are more than a Big Oil wish list; they are a sort of oil utopia – and they could make sense only in a utopian world in which oil spills could never ever happen, in which there are never conflicts between the oil industry and other economic interests like fishing and tourism, and in which oil companies always take environmental and safety concerns fully into account. So what would the bills actually do? Now think about that. This is replacing oil policy with a kind of oil mania.
Living on Earth: PRI's Environmental News Magazine Environmental Health News: Front Page 64 (And Counting!) Conservationists You Should Be Following On Twitter Right Now These days, social media is more important than ever for conservationists who are looking to get their message across and spread awareness for the problems that plague species. And some of them use it incredibly well, yielding massive clout and instantly informing the public about their challenges -- and their victories. We’ve compiled some of the best conservationists (individuals, not organizations) and other conservation-minded people who use social media to advance their or others’ research -- with the ultimate goal of saving the world’s species. (Note: we’re bound to have left some out -- tweet @melissa_cronin with suggestions, and we’ll add them to the list.) You can follow the entire list by clicking here. UPDATE: We've received an outpouring of other inspiring conservation tweeters, and have added them to this growing list! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42.