Incentives... [RE-wrenches]

[Allan Sindelar]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Graham Owen" <graham at solarexpert.com>

I did have an interesting discussion a week
ago with a friend who is a chief inspector for the
Army Corp's of Engineers.  He mentioned a certain large well know oil
company has been quietly buying up the oil derricks and lease rights off the
California coast, and why are the Enviro's so quiet.  I mentioned that
perhaps; now that we have solar programs it has opened the doors for oil
companies to finally donate acceptable and large sums of money to enviro
groups, who have now become accustomed to this welcomed increased cash flow.
Oh, well, who knows what's really going on, probably not me.  But I would
not be surprised to see lobbying to reopen California's oil spigots again,
in the relative near future.

Graham,
This was in Grist the same day as your post. It seems a bit relevant, no?
Allan @+E


House bill would end U.S. offshore drilling bans

Legislation being drafted in the House Resources Committee would end
23-year-old bans on new offshore oil and gas drilling in the U.S.
Still not formally introduced, the legislation, dubbed the State
Enhanced Authority for Coastal and Offshore Resources Act, would
expand state control over offshore drilling and up states' shares of
royalties from drilling.  Industry groups have been pressuring
lawmakers to attach SEACOR to the stalled energy bill, up for
consideration next month.  A spokesflack for committee chair Richard
Pombo (R-Calif.) insists the bill is "not ready for prime time" -- 
just yet.  But in the meantime, proponents have been drumming up
support in some cash-strapped states, paving the way for the bill's
eventual rollout.  Said Richard Charter of Environmental Defense, "We
see SEACOR as part of a stealth strategy to undo all protections of
U.S. coastlines for offshore drilling.''

straight to the source:  San Francisco Chronicle, Jane Kay, 10 Mar 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4529>

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