PxP Exposed and Opinion: PXP’s offshore drilling project not right deal for us (CA)
http://www.coastwatcher.com/?p=345

Menendez and Nelson lead effort to block offshore drilling
http://www.shorenewstoday.com/news.php?id=4554
Sen. David Vitter (R.-La.) was supporting an amendment to the Interior Department appropriations bill that would have allowed Bush administration offshore drilling plans to be included in the bill.Sen. Robert Menendez (D.-N.J.), working with Sen. Bill Nelson (D.-Fla.), blocked the amendment and led the Senate in a 56-42 vote against Vitter’s attempt to send the bill back to committee for the inclusion of his amendment.

Oklahoma Says Drill Baby Drill
http://www.bixbybulletin.com/articles/2009/09/26/opinion/doc4abd3294d96af987150014.txt
Yeah, easy for them to say.

As Oil Enriches Australia, Spill Is Seen as a Warning
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/world/asia/28timor.html?_r=2&hp

Florida's deja vu on oil drilling
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/sep/26/co-floridas-dej-vu-on-oil-drilling/news-opinion-commentary/

Offshore drilling is not worth the risks to the Florida gulf coast
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/offshore-drilling-is-not-worth-the-risks-to-the-florida-gulf-coast/1039446

Drilling camp making inroads (FL)
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090927/ARTICLE/909271062/2055/NEWS?Title=Drilling-camp-making-inroads

Beware the Sirens of Big Oil (AK)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/riki-ott/beware-the-sirens-of-big_b_299809.html

Opinion: Bristol Bay should be cut from the five-year OCS leasing schedule (AK)
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/092509/opi_6_003.shtml

Florida lawmakers gather to debate offshore oil drilling in Clearwater
http://www.examiner.com/x-24773-Tampa-Populist-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Florida-lawmakers-gather-to-debate-offshore-oil-drilling-in-Clearwater

Offshore drilling supporter tells tourism agency: It's safe (FL)
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Business/Headlines/bizBIZ01092509.htm
Note that Rep. Dean Cannon is from Winter Park, FL (near Orlando) which is in the middle of Florida, far from the beaches on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Australian Oil Spill Keeps on Gushing and Spreading

This is from Skytruth:

New images from NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites keep coming in. At 8:45 am local time, the Terra satellite passed overhead and captured this image, showing oil slicks and sheen throughout a 9,870 square mile area (=7,455 square nautical miles). Part of the slick appears to be in contact with Cartier Island, a national marine reserve.

Five hours later the Aqua satellite took this image. The wind speed had increased from 10 knots to 18 knots, creating a much rougher sea surface and breaking up or obscuring the thinner slicks and sheen. Only thicker portions of the slick are apparent in this image, adjacent to the Montara platform, covering about 3,940 square miles (=2,976 nautical square miles). No slicks are apparent near Cartier - a good sign on Day 34 of this continuing spill. See all our satellite and aerial images of the spill here.

Oil Industry Sets a Brisk Pace of New Discoveries
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/business/energy-environment/24oil.html?hpw
“In 30 years I’ve been in the business, the Gulf of Mexico has been called the Dead Sea countless times,” said Bobby Ryan, the vice president of global exploration at Chevron. “And yet it continues to revitalize itself.”
Interesting uses of “dead” and “revitalize.” I guess in Chevron’s world, dead means no oil and revitalize means a new oil discovery. Evidently they aren’t aware of the real “dead zone” in the area.

Senate blocks bid to keep offshore drilling policy
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iDjWLOqLWzBGcNQKFYGI201DiVXQD9AT94N00

Two Ocean Views in Congress
http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2009/09/24/two-ocean-views-in-congress/
Here we go again. The Rep from Florida says protect our ocean and coasts, while the Rep from Nebraska says Drill Baby Drill.

Jindal urges expansion of offshore drilling (LA)
http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20090923/NEWS01/90923006/Jindal+urges+expansion+of+offshore+drilling

Perdue indicates she's open to offshore drilling (NC)
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/sep/23/perdue-indicates-shes-open-to-offshore-drilling/

The Era of Xtreme Energy
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2009/09/era-xtreme-energy
“We possess just two options for shortening this difficult era and mitigating its impact. They are both perfectly obvious — which, unfortunately, makes them no easier to bring about: drastically speed up the development of renewable sources of energy and greatly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels by reorganizing our lives and our civilization so that we might consume less of them in everything we do.”

Offshore Drilling: Risky Job Killer (VA)
http://augustafreepress.com/2009/09/22/erik-curren-offshore-drilling-risky-job-killer/

Decision due soon on Arctic Ocean oil drilling
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/09/decision-due-soon-on-arctic-ocean-oil-drilling.html

Offshore Drilling Deadline Meets 11th Hour Plea (Alaska)
http://www.ktva.com/ci_13388333

Groups spar over U.S. offshore drilling plan
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Oil/idUSTRE58K4YB20090921

Commentary: Coastal drilling is an option we must keep open (CA)
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20090922/OPINION/909220310/Commentary++Coastal+drilling+is+an+option+we+must+keep+open
Notice how pro-drilling comments are often from inland areas? Visalia is in CA’s Central Valley, far from the coast.

Bishop Urges Expansion of Offshore Drilling
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705331552/Bishop-urges-expansion-of-offshore-drilling.html
And here’s a Congressman from Utah pushing for more offshore drilling. I guess he doesn’t have to worry about his beaches getting oiled.

Vitter urges no delays in offshore oil drilling
http://www.businessinsider.com/vitter-urges-no-delays-in-offshore-oil-drilling-2009-9
OK, so Vitter is from a coastal state (LA), but perhaps he feels they don’t have anything left to lose.