The fate of the people, the planet, and the Outer Continental Shelf

by Ann Garrison Thursday, Apr. 30, 2009 at 4:18 AM
anniegarrison@gmail.com San Francisco, CA

If we created a social safety net to sustain us, people, we might sustain the environment, instead of behaving desperately and destructively, by chasing wealth, or working at environmentally destructive jobs, out of fear for our very survival and that of our families.

The fate of the peop...
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This is a cross post of my third report/analysis of the Obama Interior Department's review of the Bush proposal to open all 1.7 billion ocean acres of the Outer Continental Shelf up to oil and gas drilling. Full text at http://www.examiner.com/x-8257-SF-Energy-Policy-Examiner~y2009m4d27-Open-letter-to-President-Barack-Obama-and-Interior-Secretary-Ken-Salazar