Congressman, NY Times writer advocate for renewable energy, environmental restoration

"With oil still spewing forth in the Gulf of Mexico, a U.S. Congressman delivered a call for more renewable energy usage in a speech at Western Washington University Saturday, May 15.

A writer for the New York Times who has won a Pulitzer Prize followed that speech with a history lesson of environmentalism in the U.S. and said the spill is shifting public opinion on environmental issues, which he hopes will lead to a focus on environmental restoration."