As the massive BP Gulf oil spill worsens by the day, all six U.S. Senators from the West Coast states of California, Oregon, and Washington introduced a bill on Thursday which would prohibit offshore oil and gas drilling off the West Coast. The bill, known as the West Coast Ocean Protection Act, from Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein of California, Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell of Washington, is a companion to the House bill introduced by California Representative John Garamendi on May 5 ... READ MORE HERE!
