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Still, it's important to put Obama's decision in broader perspective. Any new drilling may not happen for years and is likely to face lengthy legal challenges from environmentalists - as is already the case in Alaska. (Drilling might happen faster off the coast of Virginia, where Republican Governor Bob McDonnell supports oil and gas exploration.) Leases in the vast Beaufort and Chukchi seas, north of Alaska, which had been up for sale under the Bush Administration, will be withdrawn for now while the Interior Department takes another look at the environmental risks of drilling in the delicate Arctic...
Ultimately, that is what's at stake. Environmentalists may be justified in arguing that a little bit of extra oil simply isn't worth the risks of drilling in vulnerable coastal ecosystems in the Atlantic and the Arctic. But unless we find a way to break our addiction to oil and develop viable, scaled-up energy alternatives, we'll be fighting this same battle over and over again. If environmentalists block oil exploration in the U.S., we'll look for it elsewhere - perhaps in the eastern Amazon, where much of the rain forest is already under oil and gas leases...
...Arctic and any other vulnerable place cursed with oil. "For the sake of the planet and our energy independence, we need to begin the transition to cleaner fuels now," said Obama. But to make that happen, we need a climate bill - and to pass a climate bill, we may need some offshore drilling. It's far from a sure thing, but it might be the only bargain left to strike...
...friendly students and staff that have made the biggest impact, there is a wide array of awards available. Five different awards are given to teams and individuals may receive one of 50 total Individual Achievement Awards...
...movement is complicated. Although colleges are in part to blame for accepting athletic prodigies with the knowledge that they will leave after one year—taking them for athletic success and not academic potential—they are not the root of this issue. As backward as it may sound, the NBA should re-allow players to enter the league directly from high school. Rather than letting the small number of high-profile players publicly act as college students for a year and thus set an example to young fans that college is a one-year stop, let them...