Posted on 04/08/2009 11:12:42 AM PDT by thackney
Louisiana representatives encouraged U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to authorize more offshore drilling for oil and gas at a regional meeting held in New Orleans Wednesday.
The representatives asked Salazar not to forget the importance of the oil and gas industry in the U.S. economy as a source of jobs and tax dollars.
"Lifting the ban on energy development on the outer continental shelf will create 1.2 million jobs across the country and $2.2 trillion in tax revenue," said U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao, R-La. "These numbers represent more than four stimulus packages combined."
The meeting, the second of four sessions the Interior Department plans to hold this month, discussed a proposal to open up all or some portion of 12 areas of the Outer Continental Shelf, six of which previously had been off-limits due to a quarter-century-old federal moratorium. Congressional Democrats allowed the moratorium to expire last fall amid intense voter anger over high gasoline prices.
The Louisiana event contrasted with the first meeting held in Atlantic City, N.J., where opponents of the offshore drilling program dominated the conversation. They said that the environmental risks of more offshore oil and gas development would jeopardize the tourism industry.
The difference between the meetings underscores how divided public opinion is in the U.S. about the touchy topic of increased access to offshore waters by oil and gas producers. Louisiana, a state whose fortunes are closely tied to the energy industry, seems more open to more offshore activity.
"In Atlantic City we had a lot more people talking about renewable energy," Salazar told journalists after the hearing. In Louisiana...
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Offshore Oil Drilling Ban Will Be Restored ‘By Any Means Necessary,’ Democratic Congressman Says
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=45441
The ban on offshore oil drilling that expired last September will be restored by “any means necessary,” Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), who serves on both the House Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, told CNSNews.com on Friday.
Good luck w/Salizar. Colorado dhimmis are right down there at the bottom of the achievement list. This clown couldn’t pass Science 101 - oh, forgot, that’s top level in the Obamaloon administration.
Salazar said this week that wind energy could replace 3,000 coal fired electric generators. THREE THOUSAND !
Frickin MORON!
We need a comprehensive energy plan which includes offshore drilling, natural gas and petroleum, more refineries built, nuclear power plants being leased and built, as well as funding of all other viable energy alternatives including clean coal, wind, solar, geothermal and hydrogen.
His idea is to build offshore platforms, and put windmills on them.
Never ever give political power to a moron. Don’t do it.
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