Current Event #6 "The Gulf Explosion May Revive Energy Debate"

www.newsweek.com/2010/09/02/will-latest-gulf-explosion-revive-senate-energy-debate.html

Many environmentalists are hoping that the oil spill becomes an example or turning point for all negative "happeneings" to the environment, in that there is hope for change. The energy and climate crisis has been proposed to congress many times and defeated, however the oil spill may be a real reason to start acting differently torwards the environment. Majority leader Harry Reid supports environmentalist ideas, however stated he did not have enough votes to be elected ( this was over the summer). The writer of the article feels that the republicans will not back Reid and will back away more if Obama get's involved., but people are hoping that the topic will come up again.