Oil’s hidden costs visible, but will it matter?
by Associated Press Published: May 5,2010
Tags: Alabama, Anna Aurilio, Barack Obama, BP, british petroleum, Carol Browner, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Environment America, Florida, gulf of mexico, John Hofmeister, Lousiana, Mississippi, Myron Ebell, oil spill, Shell Oil Co., Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Three Mile Island, White House
HOUSTON — America is seeing the usually hidden costs of fossil fuels – an oil spill’s potential for huge environmental and economic damage, and deaths in coal and oil industry accidents. But don’t expect much to change. America and the world crave more oil and coal, no matter the all-too-risky ways needed to extract those [...] [...]
