Energy bill triggers oil-spill fears in Puget Sound

[icymist]

Monday, October 3, 2005

Energy bill triggers oil-spill fears in Puget Sound
Inslee fights more tankers in Puget Sound

By CECILIA KANG
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

An energy bill expected to come before Congress this week could expose Puget Sound to unlimited oil tanker traffic and an increased risk of oil spills, a local lawmaker and environmental groups said Sunday.

Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., and environmental, civic and business leaders met in Seattle to discuss the Gasoline for America's Security Act, a bill that would reverse a 28-year-old law that protects Puget Sound by restricting tanker traffic and the capacity of oil refineries.

"We are greatly concerned," Inslee said. "We cannot take another tanker disaster. It would take Puget Sound years and years to recover, if ever."

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The energy bill was drafted after Hurricane Katrina squeezed oil supply and sent gas prices higher in the United States.


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[Lindacooks]

1. Yep, that's the repuke way of solving problems.

Making things worse by gutting protective legislation.

[icymist]

2. There's more to solving probelms here.

What Bush is doing here is upping the antee. Everyday, there is more to loose from these antics.

[Lindacooks]

3. Oh, yes, you're right.

Every one of their responses to a disaster is to create a larger disaster.

[pfitz59]

4. Jay lives on an island in the Sound....

He knows first-hand the imminent threat this bill poses.