Alan Lowenthal: “It should be no different for gold, silver, copper, or any other minerals.”

Burning the oil and gas that the Department of the Interior projected to be developed as a result of Lease Sale 257 would be the equivalent of building 130 new coal-powered plants.

The program is oversubscribed by a factor of 5.4 to 1.

I, too, wish to send my condolences to the families of those that died in the tragic accident in Santa Barbara.

I absolutely believe that co-management can also work offshore.