The President has said that the moratorium will be in place until he gets his 6-month report.
Robust safety and environmental standards, and tough penalties for noncompliance with those standards, help to avoid disasters.
While today's hearing will focus on liability and financial issues, we continue to have foremost in our minds the human component of this ac...
We need to ensure that those harmed by this accident are fully compensated and that a system is in place that properly allocates risks and l...
The current penalty and liability system is inadequate.
It's a sobering reality to see oil begin to impact the shorelines and know that this well is not yet under control.
We need to ensure that we have adequate liability coverage for offshore drilling.
I do think and agree quite strongly with the chairman that we must diversify our energy sources to include wind, solar, biomass, geothermal,...
we have significant concerns about the negative impact that the bill, in its present form, would have on wind energy development
Chairman Bingaman and members of the Committee, thank you for your consideration of our comments and we look forward to working with you and...
I am concerned that those who are willing to invest in these projects are going to get gun shy about investing in future projects.