Drill Here Drill Now Meetings!

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Attend A Public Hearing on Drill Here, Drill Now

Remember Drill Here, Drill Now?

Last summer, the collective voice of 1.5 million Americans forced both the administration and Congress to reverse long-held, overlapping federal bans on offshore drilling.
Unfortunately, due to bureaucratic delay, massive amounts of American energy are still under lock-and-key. Last month, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that a years-long process of identifying energy-rich areas offshore to lease for development would be delayed an additional six months. The secretary plans to use this time to conduct a series of four field hearings on the plan, hoping the public reinforces his view that the status quo be preserved, and no new energy be brought online anytime soon.
Make no mistake: the deck is stacked and the game is fixed. Just look at the four locations they have selected (and those they left out) for these hearings: Atlantic City, New Orleans, Anchorage, and San Francisco. The one thing they haven’t accounted for, though, is that supporters of American energy exploration might show up to these events and demand their voices be heard. And make no mistake, we will be heard.
If you live near one of the four events, we hope you can to attend and participate in this hearing. Here are two fact sheets that you can print off and bring with you: The Basics and Myth vs. Fact. The stakes couldn’t be higher, and your full participation couldn’t be more urgently needed. Here are the four locations along with the itinerary for each public hearing:
Dates/Venues
Monday, April 6 -- Atlantic City, NJAtlantic City Convention CenterOne Convention BoulevardAtlantic City, NJ
Wednesday, April 8 -- New Orleans, LATulane University, McAlister AuditoriumMcAlister Drive between Freret and Willow Streets6823 St. Charles AvenueNew Orleans, LA
Tuesday, April 14 -- Anchorage, AKDena'ina Civic & Convention Center600 W. Seventh AveAnchorage, AK
Thursday, April 16 -- San Francisco, CAMission Bay Conference Center on the campus of Univ. of California, San FranciscoRobertson Auditorium1675 Owens StreetSan Francisco, CA

Itinerary (same for all four events)
8:30am: Secretary Salazar meets with elected officials
9:00am: Secretary Salazar introduces proposed five-year energy plan
10:00am: Questions are submitted by audience
1:00pm – 4:00pm: The public is given a chance to offer comments
6:00pm – 8:00pm: The public comment process continues Posted by Dan Kotman