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My recent article made the front page of the Energy & Environment section of The Hill yesterday morning. You can read the article by clicking here . Please share!  "In recent years natural disasters have become increasingly frequent in the U.S. Over the last year alone, Houston contended with one of the heaviest rain storms in U.S. history, the Florida Keys, Puerto Rico and neighboring islands were harshly affected by two back-to-back Category 5 hurricanes, and major parts of Pacific coastal states were incinerated by record wildfires. With the onset of winter came anticipated relief. However, climate-related disasters did not relent. They only relocated." Click here to read more.  Click here to follow me on Facebook! Follow this blog by scrolling to the top right of this page. Click: "Follow" à Log In à"Follow publicly”                                       ...

In April of 2017, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Secretary of the Interior to revisit proposed oil and gas lease sales in coastal waters around the country. Development of a new National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program is now underway. The draft for the Program would make over 98% of the outer continental shelf resources around the country available to possible oil and gas leasing during 2019-2024. Fortunately, we the public get to weigh in and help inform the Secretary on which areas to include for future leasing consideration. Let me highlight some general reasons why new oil and gas drilling would be bad for our coastal waters. After, please leave your public comments by clicking here . Today is the last day to comment! Importantly, as with all projects, accidents do and will happen. It was only this past November that a branch of the Keystone XL pipeline sprung a leak up in North Dakota releasing over 200,000 gallons of oil. That leak ca...