Posts with the tag energy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 23, 2008
Contact: Kristina Johnson (415) 977-5619
Sierra Club Applauds Teamsters for Embracing Clean Energy
President Hoffa Announces Union's Withdrawal from Arctic Drilling Group
Oakland, CA -- At labor-environment summit in Oakland today, Teamsters President James P Hoffa announced that the union would be pulling out of the coalition that supports oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Hoffa told union members that more drilling would do nothing to ease pain at the pump, and called instead for an investment in a clean energy economy that will create new jobs. Read More »
July 23, 2008
Contact: Kristina Johnson (415) 977-5619
Sierra Club Applauds Teamsters for Embracing Clean Energy
President Hoffa Announces Union's Withdrawal from Arctic Drilling Group
Oakland, CA -- At labor-environment summit in Oakland today, Teamsters President James P Hoffa announced that the union would be pulling out of the coalition that supports oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Hoffa told union members that more drilling would do nothing to ease pain at the pump, and called instead for an investment in a clean energy economy that will create new jobs. Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 24, 2008
CONTACT: Josh Dorner, 202.679.7570 (m), 202.675.2384 (w)
McCain Cancels Louisiana Trip Amid Massive Oil Spill
Where Will Greatest Energy Misses Tour Take McCain Next?
(for full release, including pictures, http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=64741.0)
Washington, D.C. - Amid a spill of some 419,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil into the Mississippi River, John McCain canceled a planned trip to Louisiana Thursday--a trip during which McCain was slated to visit offshore drilling platforms and tout his misguided offshore drilling plan. Following a collision of a tanker and a barge, the massive spill caused a slick approximately 12 miles long and closed a 29 mile stretch of the Mississippi River. Read More »
CONTACT: Josh Dorner, 202.679.7570 (m), 202.675.2384 (w)
McCain Cancels Louisiana Trip Amid Massive Oil Spill
Where Will Greatest Energy Misses Tour Take McCain Next?
(for full release, including pictures, http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=64741.0)
Washington, D.C. - Amid a spill of some 419,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil into the Mississippi River, John McCain canceled a planned trip to Louisiana Thursday--a trip during which McCain was slated to visit offshore drilling platforms and tout his misguided offshore drilling plan. Following a collision of a tanker and a barge, the massive spill caused a slick approximately 12 miles long and closed a 29 mile stretch of the Mississippi River. Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2008
CONTACT: Shrayas Jatkar, 505-459-2718
High Gas Prices:
Barack Obama's Plan Helps Consumers;
John McCain Benefits Big Oil
Albuquerque, NM - Gas prices continue to reach new records. But Barack Obama and John McCain have two very different strategies for solving our energy and economic crises. Contrary to desperate and misleading attack ads from John McCain, Barack Obama's plan provides real relief for consumers squeezed by energy costs. John McCain's plan, on the other hand, benefits Big Oil - an industry awash in unparalleled profits. Read More »
CONTACT: Shrayas Jatkar, 505-459-2718
High Gas Prices:
Barack Obama's Plan Helps Consumers;
John McCain Benefits Big Oil
Albuquerque, NM - Gas prices continue to reach new records. But Barack Obama and John McCain have two very different strategies for solving our energy and economic crises. Contrary to desperate and misleading attack ads from John McCain, Barack Obama's plan provides real relief for consumers squeezed by energy costs. John McCain's plan, on the other hand, benefits Big Oil - an industry awash in unparalleled profits. Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 10, 2008
CONTACT: Shrayas Jatkar, 505.459.2718
Josh Dorner, 202.675.2384
Big Oil Rakes In $610 in Profit for Each NM Driver
Obama Offers Plan for Real Relief from Pain at the Pump, Energy Independence; McCain Receives Over $1 Million from Oil Industry, Proposes More of the Same
Albuquerque, NM - Newly released campaign finance records and John McCain's misguided and dangerous energy proposals demonstrate that McCain and his allies in Congress are only interested in more of the same: more drilling; more expensive, dirty, and dangerous nuclear power; and more schemes designed to pad Big Oil's bottom line while denying consumers real relief at the pump. Meanwhile, New Mexico families are suffering as gas prices - and oil company profits - surge to new records. Read More »
CONTACT: Shrayas Jatkar, 505.459.2718
Josh Dorner, 202.675.2384
Big Oil Rakes In $610 in Profit for Each NM Driver
Obama Offers Plan for Real Relief from Pain at the Pump, Energy Independence; McCain Receives Over $1 Million from Oil Industry, Proposes More of the Same
Albuquerque, NM - Newly released campaign finance records and John McCain's misguided and dangerous energy proposals demonstrate that McCain and his allies in Congress are only interested in more of the same: more drilling; more expensive, dirty, and dangerous nuclear power; and more schemes designed to pad Big Oil's bottom line while denying consumers real relief at the pump. Meanwhile, New Mexico families are suffering as gas prices - and oil company profits - surge to new records. Read More »
As a result of the antiquated, 136 year-old 1872 Mining Act, mining companies have been given free reign in the extraction of raw materials from public lands, while leaving billions of dollars in clean-up costs to the American people. Read More »
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