While news reports reveal official estimates may be underestimating the quantity of oil spreading into the Gulf of Mexico, Greenpeace is on the Gulf Coast conducting independent assessment of the environmental impacts and calling for an immediate stop to new offshore oil drilling. Yesterday, Shell Oil moved closer to begin exploratory drilling in the Alaskan Arctic this July as a federal appeals court rejected efforts to block the plan.
Following the announcement by President Obama that there will be no expansion of offshore drilling until investigations into the BP Deepwater Disaster are complete, Greenpeace Executive Director, Philip Radford made the following statement:
Kert Davies, Research Director at Greenpeace, in response to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s announcement today that the Cape Wind offshore wind project will be allowed to move forward to construction after nearly a decade of debate and deliberation:
Offshore Wind - Implementing a new Power House for Europe is a strategic blueprint that outlines how offshore wind farms will be able to supply about 10% of Europe's electricity sector by 2020. The report represents a crucial tool in the race to cut greenhouse emissions. It also highlights the urgency for political, technical and environmental actions to build up an environmental friendly powerhouse.
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