Congressman Bob Dold (R-IL) spoke out on the House floor today (February 15) against opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, which has been proposed as part of an ill-conceived bill to earmark speculative oil drilling revenues to transportation projects. Oil drilling is not appropriate in America’s largest wildlife refuge, which President Dwight [...]
Video: Huntsman on The Tonight Show
February 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Breathtaking video from Yosemite
February 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Getting Past Groundhog Day on Energy
February 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s Groundhog Day. Recalling the fantasy comedy of the same name, Senator Lisa Murkowski, the Alaskan who is the ranking Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, mused yesterday about the prospects for the federal government breaking out of a pattern of rehashing the same energy issues it’s been stuck on for decades. Where [...]
Voters Across the Spectrum Value Public Lands, Clean Air & Renewable Energy, Bipartisan Poll Shows
January 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Good news from a recent poll of Western voters carried out by Republican and Democratic polling firms: voters across the political spectrum appreciate the economic and heritage benefits of parks and other public lands, they favor protecting clean air, and they want to see more renewable energy developed. Colorado College released its Conservation in the [...]
Antiquities Act – Protecting America’s Heritage
January 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Three years ago this month (January), then-President George W. Bush invoked his authority under the Antiquities Act to establish three national monuments protecting 125 million acres of islands, atolls, coral reefs, and marine waters that are chock full of an amazing variety of sea creatures, crazy-interesting geological formations, and archaeological treasures. Including a monument covering [...]
Energy – Cleaner. Here. Now.
January 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cleaner Forms of Energy Are Always Better America must invest in cleaner energy that is made in America. Cleaner energy made in America is better for our economy, our security, our health, and our environment. In measuring how “clean” energy is, we must consider all phases of its development – the mining and manufacturing of [...]
Changes are coming!
January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
