Last night was the FSU/GANNETT Florida Forum on nearshore oil drilling featuring panels of both drilling proponents and opponents. Also included outside the panels were Rep. Dean Cannon(R) and Sen. Mike Haridopolos (R). The forum was billed as an evening discussion of the facts associated with nearshore drilling. Rep. Cannon and Sen. Haridopolos were treated [...]
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As much as the Big Oil lobbyists that are circling above Tallahassee would like you to believe, nearshore oil drilling is far from a done deal in the Senate. As reported in the Sunday St. Petersburg Times, many Republican Senators still believe that the public is not ready for the risk an oil deal so [...] In Florida, many photovoltaic energy companies are now backing nearshore drilling as a means to receive conciliatory funds from legislators. From Wikipedia: Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in abducted hostages, in which the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless of the danger or risk in which they have been placed. Is this what [...] A forum on offshore drilling will be held at Florida State University on October 28th at 7:00PM. Here is an opportunity to ask the “experts” some tough questions. Why are our legislators willing to risk Florida’s economic future for a group of anonymous Texas oilmen? How can current technology be considered safe when a modern [...] The St. Petersburg Times is reporting that Florida Senate President Jeff Atwater won’t let his chamber flub an oil drilling bill this year. In what the Times calls a “blatant conflict of interest,” Atwater named Senator Alex Diaz de la Portilla as chairman of the Committee on Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities. The wife of [...] |
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