May 26, 2010

Today BP will try to choke off the oil gusher at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud and cement. As the federal government examines what can be done to prevent a disaster like this from happening again, Reid today urged Congress to address our dependence on fossil fuels. "We will never be a secure nation when we're dependent on foreign oil," said Reid. "This is an opportunity for us as a country to move away from fossil fuel, to do a better job of looking at renewable energies that are available to us all over this country." Reid has been working to position Nevada as a leader in developing clean energy and clean energy technology. With the right partnership between federal and state government and the private sector, Nevada can become a net exporter of renewable power.