Archive for the 'Energy Development' Category

Oct 08, 2008

Canadian Gov’t Opposes Drilling in Arctic NWR

The National Post in Canada recently reported that Canada’s conservative government — led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper — has been lobbying against America drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge:

Harper himself was not asked about ANWR and did not state a position on the drilling issue during his most recent pre-election tour of the [...]

Aug 05, 2008

Update on LA Oil Spill and Delta NWR

As this blog reported back on July 25, the Delta National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana was in danger of being exposed to oil from the recent spill on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. The chief concern was that the oil could kill plants that serve as food for migratory birds that frequent the refuge.
On July [...]

Jul 25, 2008

Delta NWR Braces for Oil Spill

As I discussed in this blog on July 23, offshore oil drilling will bring oil infrastructure onshore that could lead to accidents that affect coastal national wildlife refuges. Unfortunately, just as I was writing that, an oil spill occurred in southern Louisiana that is now threatening Delta National Wildlife Refuge.
Early Wednesday, a tanker and barge [...]

Jul 23, 2008

Offshore Oil Drilling and Refuges

How is offshore oil drilling — which seems to be gaining in popularity these days — related to national wildlife refuges? If America increases the amount of offshore drilling, and then accidents occur — and they will occur — then coastal refuges will likely be in harms way. In addition, an increase in offshore drilling [...]

Jun 19, 2008

A Reality Check on Energy Development in America

On April 30, this blog discussed in detail the falsehoods that the Bush administration has recently been spreading regarding oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — an area of Alaska known as “America’s Serengeti” due to its abundant population of unique wildlife.
Yesterday, President George W. Bush once again went before the public to [...]

Apr 30, 2008

Bush Goes After Arctic Refuge — AGAIN

To the American citizens who still take the time to listen to President Bush spin his talking points, he must sound like a broken record after all these years. Today the President took the time to recognize the mess that our economy is in after seven years under his “leadership” (he still says we’re not [...]

Mar 30, 2008

Protecting Baca NWR

On Refuge Watch, we’ve been tracking the controversy over proposed oil and natural gas drilling at Baca National Wildlife Refuge, which is in southern Colorado and within two miles of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. The refuge was created from a 100,000-acre purchase of the Baca Ranch, but the U.S. Fish and [...]

Mar 20, 2008

Comments Needed to Protect Yukon Flats NWR

In 2004, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Doyon corporation reached an initial agreement to trade 110,000 acres of refuge land at Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska — plus subsurface title to another 97,000 refuge acres — for approximately 150,000 acres owned by Doyon. Doyon wants to explore and drill [...]

Mar 08, 2008

EPA Disapproves of Baca NWR Drilling Analysis

As I reported in this blog back on January 20, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has performed an environmental analysis that would allow a Canadian firm to drill for natural gas in Baca National Wildlife Refuge, which is in southern Colorado and within a few miles of the Great Sand Dunes National Park.
On March [...]

Jan 20, 2008

Drilling Approved in Baca NWR

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has given the go-ahead to a Canadian firm that wants to drill for natural gas in Baca National Wildlife Refuge, which is in southern Colorado and within two miles of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. This blog reported on the drilling proposal back in September of [...]