The oil drilling issue is still big, folks.
The report from the Century Commission for a Sustainable Florida has been released. Requested by the State Senate, it shows that drilling in State-controlled inshore waters of even the proven oil states of Texas and Louisiana brings each of those state governments less than $100 million a year. A State Senate report also estimated total petroleum reserves in Florida waters would supply the U.S. with less than a week of its normal consumption, having no discernible effect on gas prices. You may want to encourage our legislators to compare those returns with drilling's potential damage to the environment and to Florida's huge and vital tourist economy.
The Congressional Environmental Scorecard--check it out.
The League of Conservation Voters has just released its annual report of how US Senators and House Representatives voted on the eleven (Senate) and thirteen (House) issues that they defined as having clearly pro and anti-environment sides during 2009. Senator Nelson voted 100% of the time for the environment as defined by LCV, while Senator Martinez voted against the environment on all three votes he cast before his resignation, and his replacement, Senator LeMieux, cast a pro-environment vote only 17% of the time.
According to LCV, our local Representative, Vern Buchanan, voted pro-environment 29% of the time. Taking both houses into consideration, the most pro-environment state delegations were those of Connecticut and Hawaii with 100% each, the most anti-environment Wyoming (less than 5%) and Oklahoma (less than 7%). Details of the bills and individual votes are at http://www.lcv.org/. You may want to ask some of our elected officials to explain their votes.
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