Drill, baby, drill
Drill, baby, drill: Obama opens East Coast to oil exploration
by Gregg Levine
Japan might still hunt whales the old-fashioned way, but the U.S. prefers killing them softly.
In a move that spells immediate trouble for marine life and problems for global climate in the long run, the Obama administration has approved use of sonic cannons to map the ocean floor off the eastern united states — a step toward eventually opening coastal waters to oil and gas drilling.
Sonic cannons paint a picture of the seabed by firing sound waves “100 times louder than a jet engine” through the water, then using hydrophones to measure how the waves are reflected back to the surface. The “sonogram of the earth,” as one petroleum industry spox called it, will be used to apply for drilling leases, which become available in 2018. The government plan is to open up waters from Florida to Delaware to fossil fuel extraction ...
More here: http://america.aljazeera.com/blogs/scrutineer/2014/7/18/drill-baby-drillobamaopenseastcoasttooilexploration.html
