Forget the KeyStone Pipeline - shouldn't every Senator and Representative from a coastal state

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be pushing today to stop any further explotation of fossil fuel reserves on public lands?

I heard a discussion today about how preserving the range of the Sage Grouse will slow the economic growth of Western states by slowing down oil and gas production on public lands. What about the economic damage to the entire East Coast from rising sea levels? What about the loss of half of Florida?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/08/us/florida-finds-itself-in-the-eye-of-the-storm-on-climate-change.html

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1. Not only that, the same legislators should push for offshore renewables, wind and hydro.

It's time, and offshore is where the best wind is (though not always easy to build)

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2. But, but, off-shore will intefere with sail boats and ocean vistas!

Just in case my opinions on this aren't clear: !