Daily Archives: December 1, 2010

Obama Administration Reverses Policy on Offshore Drilling

No More ‘Drill Baby Drill’ in the Atlantic, or the Eastern Gulf Obama administration officials announced Wednesday that offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts will not be allowed as part of the next five-year drilling plan. Oil and gas companies are still allowed to pursue…

On the Influence of Corporate Money in American Politics

There was an explosion of corporate cash spent in the 2010 U.S. election campaigns and a disturbing amount of secrecy around the sources of that money. The Open Society Foundation talked about this trend with an expert on the issue, Monica Youn, senior counsel of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. Youn…