{"id":2394,"date":"2010-08-01T04:42:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-01T08:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=2394"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:52:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:52:31","slug":"campaign-seeks-to-offset-gulf-spill-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/campaign-seeks-to-offset-gulf-spill-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign seeks to offset Gulf spill damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.vizworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/gulf_tmo_2010119_1-595x297.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"280\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via:Vizworld<\/figcaption><\/figure>An organization dedicated to promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency has launched a website that appeals to the current anti-oil sentiment sparked by the ongoing Gulf tragedy. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Called <a href=\" http:\/\/MyGulfAction.com\">MyGulfAction.com<\/a>, the website was designed to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153allow individuals to reduce their personal use of fossil fuels, calculate the effects of those reductions, and see how their reductions, combined with others from the My Gulf Action community, add up to offset the Gulf oil spill\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, says SmartPower, the non-profit behind the project. <\/p>\n<p>Each commitment to reduce oil use will be added to other reductions on the site\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s homepage, showing how many gallons of leaking oil have been offset by the MyGulfAction.com\u00c2\u00a0community.<\/p>\n<p><!--adsense#300--><\/p>\n<p>The campaign is a partnership with several leading environmental groups, including\u00c2\u00a0350.org, Waterkeeper Alliance and Save Our Gulf, League of Conservation Voters, Clean Water Action, Center for Resource Solutions and Gulf Future, a joint initiative of the Gulf Coast Fund and Gulf Restoration Network.<\/p>\n<p>The website is available for free to anyone. Users are kept informed of the latest news on<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MyGulfAction\"> Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/My-Gulf-Action\/130562830302923\">Facebook<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>What the Gulf catastrophe illustrates graphically is that our dependence on fossil fuels and increasingly risky offshore drilling operations has become a very dangerous business. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Americans to take action &#8211; not just throw up our hands and look to President Obama, the Coast Guard and BP,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Brian F. Keane, President of SmartPower. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153With My Gulf Action, everyone can channel our collective frustration into positive change and set our nation and the world on a dramatically sounder course.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nFor more information, please visit\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartpower.org\">www.smartpower.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/gulp-oil-spill-first-anniversary\/\" title=\"Gulp Oil Spill First Anniversary\">Gulp Oil Spill First Anniversary<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An organization dedicated to promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency has launched a website that appeals to the current anti-oil sentiment sparked by the ongoing Gulf tragedy. 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