From the Inbox - Obama faces dangers of offshore drilling

JUNE 2010, VOLUME 1
OBAMA STARTS ADDRESSING OFFSHORE OIL HAZARDS NRDC president Frances Beinecke applauds President Obama's announcement that he is extending the moratorium on offshore drilling and calling a time out on lease sales off the coast of Alaska. But the president should go further and focus on the root cause of the tragedy in the gulf. Read Frances Beinecke's full post. Get full coverage of the Gulf oil spill from NRDC's experts. View OnEarth's Gulf oil spill slideshow. Corrosive Waters: How Carbon Dioxide is Altering the Oceans Rising carbon dioxide emissions don't pose a problem in the atmosphere alone -- the rising CO2 in our oceans is increasing acid levels, making seawaters more corrosive and threatening the survival of coral reefs and shelled sea creatures. Read the article. Help NRDC win $200K from the TakePart.com Members Project! Thanks to your help, NRDC made it to the second round of voting for the TakePart.com Members Project! Please take this opportunity to vote in the new round: -- Go to www.takepart.com and click the "Join TakePart" link at the top of the page. -- Fill out the two-step registration process. -- Click the orange "Get Involved" button on the right side of the page. -- Click "Vote" or "See all the Candidates" and can cast your vote for NRDC. Vote now!		Join Robert Redford in calling on President Obama to lead us to a clean energy future. Take action now. His Forecast is Very Clear Meteorologists are the closest thing to a science reporter that you'll find at most TV stations. In Alabama, one weatherman has made climate education his mission. Read the article. Lisa Speer, director, International Oceans Program Arctic Drilling: 6 Months is Not Enough "Today we learned that President has postponed drilling there for 6 months, pending the issuance of a report by the newly created Presidential commission on the Gulf disaster. Given the huge uncertainties and many challenges posed by the Arctic's poorly understood but unforgiving marine environment, this doesn't come close to being enough of a delay." Read the full post.