Fresh Loaf » Offshore drilling http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:59:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Feds to examine Georgia’s offshore wind power potential http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/02/feds-to-examine-georgias-offshore-wind-power-potential/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/02/feds-to-examine-georgias-offshore-wind-power-potential/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:10:00 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=18031 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/02/feds-to-examine-georgias-offshore-wind-power-potential/feed/ 1 Department of Interior secretary says wind power off Atlantic coast is 'high priority.' Georgia lawmakers: Drill, baby, drill http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/18/georgia-lawmakers-drill-baby-drill/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/18/georgia-lawmakers-drill-baby-drill/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:39:02 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=15154 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/18/georgia-lawmakers-drill-baby-drill/feed/ 6 At the Gold Dome, a trite phrase rears its ugly head. The majority of Americans want drilling? Depends on how you ask them http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/the-majority-of-americans-want-drilling-depends-on-how-you-ask-them/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/the-majority-of-americans-want-drilling-depends-on-how-you-ask-them/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:10:07 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/the-majority-of-americans-want-drilling-depends-on-how-you-ask-them/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/the-majority-of-americans-want-drilling-depends-on-how-you-ask-them/feed/ 0 There’s an interesting conversation taking place on Peach Pundit about what exactly the Democrats want in an energy plan now that 70 percent of Americans are in favor of drilling off the coast and in protected lands in Alaska. Wait, wha?!? Seven out of 10 voters want increased drilling? Even if it won’t lower gas prices [...] Perdue applauds Bush’s offshore drilling idea http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/14/perdue-applauds-bushs-offshore-drilling-idea/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/14/perdue-applauds-bushs-offshore-drilling-idea/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:06:37 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/14/perdue-applauds-bushs-offshore-drilling-idea/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/14/perdue-applauds-bushs-offshore-drilling-idea/feed/ 0 Pres. George W. Bush today lifted an executive ban on offshore drilling. Kind of snobbish that only CEOs get to drill for oil off the coast, but whatever, I don’t make the rules. Gov. Sonny Perdue applauds the move and urges Congress to act: “With record gas prices straining the budgets of many Georgia families, [...]