Groups Urge Senators to Oppose Expanded Offshore Oil Drilling
Submitted by Theresa Keaveny on May 4, 2010 - 10:45am
With the environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico growing worse, more than 70 groups, including the League of Conservation Voters, today signed a letter urging Senators to oppose efforts to expand offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling off of our coasts.
On behalf of our organizations, and the millions of members they represent, we are writing you today to urge the United States Senate to reconsider any plans to include expanded offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling in any legislation. In light of the events surrounding the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico, our organizations urge you to oppose efforts to expand offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling off of our coasts. Expanding exploration and drilling into previously protected and remote areas is unacceptable when it is clear that we are not capable of responding to oil spills in a timely manner. The Senate faces a choice between leading America forward in a new clean energy economy or holding America back by preserving the failed energy policies of the past. This human and environmental catastrophe is proof positive that we must end our addiction to oil, enact a firm limit on carbon pollution, and ensure this type of disaster never happens again.
to read the letter and see the full list of signers.
