Congress Lets Federal Moratorium on Offshore Drilling Expire
For the last 30 years, beaches and beachgoers alike have benefited from a federal moratorium on offshore oil drilling. Now however, set to a background of "Drill Baby, Drill!" congress has allowed this moratorium expire - opening the door for new drilling operations along all three coasts. Will we see another oil spill disaster like the 1969 spill in Santa Barbara?
New Zealand Recognizes Shipwreck Bay as a National Treasure
Ever since it was featured in Bruce Brown's classic film "Endless Summer" surfers around the world have lusted after the magical lefts of New Zealand's Shipwreck Bay. Now the country has designated the break a national treasure. Click here to find out more
Connect The Dots...
Among the "pork" buried in the $700 billion Congressional bailout package passed last week - $33 million to American companies operating in Samoa ...which includes the world's largest tuna canning facility ...which is owned by Starkist ...who are major subsidiary of Del Monte foods ...who are headquartered in San Francisco ...whose Congressional representative is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ...who championed the bill. ...Oh yeah, did we mention that tuna stocks in the South Pacific are on the verge of collapse?
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