This page contains numerous links that provide the basics, talking points and a ton of background information that bust the myths of the "Shrill, Baby, Shrill" hype over oil drilling.
Wednesday 4/15 Pre-hearing rally info
Flyer for 4/16 San Francisco Hearing
Directions to Hearing (includes Public Transit)
MMS 5-year lease program 1-pager (with maps)
Hearing Basics & Talking Points from NTA coalition
Fact Sheets:
Impacts To Air, Water, Wildlife, Coastal Economies And Climate Defenders of Wildlife, July 2008
Protect out Coasts: Ban Oil Drilling in CA Environmental California, 2009
Offshore drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) threatens our beaches, oceans, coastal communities, and marine life NRDC, July 2008
Our Coasts are Too Valuable for the Risks of Offshore Drilling Environment America, July 2008
Sierra Club Offshore Drilling “Cheat Sheet” Sierra Club 2008
Coastal Governors Remain Strongly Opposed to Lifting OCS Moratorium National Audobon Society, July 2008
OCS Drilling Has Insignificant Impact on Gas Prices Sierra Club July 2008
The Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, By the Numbers National Audobon Society July 2008
The Truth about Oil Spills and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Sierra Club, July 2008, SC
Oil Spill Fact Sheets, Environment America, July 2008:
August 2005 - Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
June 2006 - Calcasieu River, LA
November 2007 – San Francisco Bay
February 2008 – Gulf of Mexico
2009?