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Obama opens Atlantic to new drilling
The Hill ^
| 1/27/15
| Laura Barron-Lopez
Posted on 01/27/2015 3:18:55 PM PST by Libloather
President Obama will open parts of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans to new oil and gas drilling under a plan unveiled Tuesday.
The Interior Department's five-year lease plan would allow drilling in three areas off the coast of Alaska and one in a portion of the Atlantic for the first time in nearly four decades.
The dramatic shift in policy comes as gas prices are at new lows and as Obama has sought to burnish his legacy as a president who has worked to stop climate change.
The plan angered green groups who have supported Obama's decision to restrict other areas from drilling, and raises questions about whether the administration will eventually approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atlantic; drilling; obama; obamadrilling; oil
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Hussein goes all moonbat global warming on Air Force One and now this? Something smells.
To: Libloather
My first guess is that there isn’t any oil there.
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:20:24 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Cicero
my guess is the oil leases are near Cuba.
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:21:06 PM PST
by
Son-Joshua
(son-joshua)
To: Libloather
Something smells?
Maybe the areas don’t have proven and economically proven reserves.
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:21:23 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Libloather; thackney
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:21:54 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
To: Libloather
President Cruz will reverse all these foolish actions, so I couldn’t care less what this dolt does or doesn’t do.
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:23:06 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: Libloather
The enviro-nazis aren’t going to like this.
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:23:10 PM PST
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: Cicero
My first guess is that there isnt any oil there.Bet on it.
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:23:35 PM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Cicero
My first guess is that there isnt any oil there.Yup...my first thought as well or the oil is so deep and hard to get, nobody will be willing to drill...
My second thought it was a political move to give cover to Senate democrats when Keystone comes up to vote and they need cover to not override his veto,...
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:24:31 PM PST
by
Popman
To: Libloather
DISTRACTION , bait and switch
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:24:34 PM PST
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: Libloather
“...the plan angered green groups...”
So, who the he** are these green groups?
(4th branch of government, maybe?”
IMHO
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:25:39 PM PST
by
ripley
To: Cicero
Can’t believe what I’m reading here.
Was he drunk or something?
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:25:56 PM PST
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: Libloather
With the price of oil as low as it is now, no one will be interested.
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:26:09 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: KoRn
Soros is a big investor in Brazilian oil drilling off-shore ventures. I bet when we look through this that Soros gets a taste.
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:27:47 PM PST
by
KC Burke
(I know my screen name says KC but I'm in AZ now!)
To: Libloather
If this TRULY is what it appears, we should all give him a little credit for doing SOMETHING good. (first damn time I’ve ever seen it happen lol)
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:28:16 PM PST
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: smokingfrog
With the price of oil as low as it is now, no one will be interested.Keystone/ANWR...look, a squirrel!
Of course, this could also be an Obamapledge, meaning a pledge that the pledger never intends to fulfill.
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:29:24 PM PST
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: Vendome
Something definitely smells. My guess is he is not doing it to benefit this country. He has an ulterior motive, and that will play out in the end.
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:31:24 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: Libloather
OK, so who is going to invest in drilling for new oil with the prices so low as they are? This asshat is being cute with this. He’s sayin’ OK, I’ll allow drilling for oil now when nobody wants to so he can blame them for not drilling.
Childish, condescending, lowlife.
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:37:00 PM PST
by
rockinqsranch
((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
To: KoRn
If this TRULY is what it appears, we should all give him a little credit for doing SOMETHING good. (first damn time Ive ever seen it happen lol)I would bet very large sums of money, there is an alternative nefarious reason for this..
Zebra and Marxist don't change their stripes...
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:37:37 PM PST
by
Popman
To: Libloather
Obama Opens areas for exploration .....BUT...... with regulations so thick any developer would laugh.. with a Curly(howard) salute..
That way Obama gets cudos for opening and cudos for un-opening..
Amazing how many will miss the subtly of this..
Not really THAT subtle but many are quite DULL...
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posted on
01/27/2015 3:40:33 PM PST
by
hosepipe
(" This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole.. ")
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