Melinda Pierce Quotations

We're surprised that the focus is on more drilling when drilling has shown itself to be a vulnerability. It's misguided to focus on drilling.

What's going on in the waters of their neighbor to the north, whatever Virginia decides to do in the future vis-a-vis development ... in their coastal waters, will affect North Carolina.

We win for now. It's going to come back, no doubt. For them, they win once and it's all over. For us, we win, and we just live to fight another day.

It's a massive bill that's going to be really hard to pass.

Instead of undermining protections that America's coasts have long enjoyed, the Sierra Club is urging Congress and the administration to move more in the direction of Senators Nelson and Martinez. It's time to shift the national debate on offshore drilling closer to securing permanent protection for America's fragile coasts.