Posted on 02/01/2015 9:11:54 AM PST by Libloather
On Sunday, President Obama announced that he will recommend to Congress that it should designate 12 million acres in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as wilderness.[i] When briefing the press about the plan, Presidential Advisor John Podesta said that regardless of the law and Congressional action, the administration was going to manage these 12 million acres as if it had been designated as wilderness by Congress. That means that ANWR will be unavailable to resource development.
In 1980, Congress set aside some of the acreage in ANWR (the “1002 area,” comprising the Coastal Plain) for future consideration of oil and gas exploration. After years of legally-mandated study, President Ronald Reagan in 1987 recommended to Congress that it should allow environmentally sensitive oil and gas leasing of the area. Congress voted on it numerous times, but only once sent a bill to then-President Clinton, who vetoed it. It has henceforth remained an open matter for Congress to decide. However, with a single stoke of a pen, President Obama is ordering federal employees to manage the entire area as if it was off limits. The timing is most interesting since the Republicans have taken control of Congress and would like to see ANWR opened to development, particularly since the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System (TAPS) is down to less than a quarter of its capacity and needs oil to keep it in operational order. So, not only has President Obama for the past 6 years kept the Keystone pipeline from becoming a reality, he now has taken actions that show he wants to see the demise of TAPS.
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He’s a Muslim, easiest explanation. The Mid East doesn’t want still more oil under private corporate control available.
“Overreach” is a new euphemism for unconstitutional “criminal acts”.
The ‘Obama Brotherhood’ strikes again...Has he ever touched anything that hasn’t turned to crap?
ANILCA contains a “no more clause” which stated no more than 5000 acres can be declared wilderness in the state without Congressional approval. The coastal plain of ANWR is 1.5million acres. The USFWS has claimed the 10-02 does not fall under the clause because by inclusion in ANWR it already takes the land out of public domain and thus is not applicable to ANILCA. The State claims the wording and intent of the law are plain and simple, no new wilderness. ANILCA states the coastal plain must be held in a state ready to be included as wilderness land should Congress decide not to allow exploration. Given the 15 successful votes by Congress in favor of development it should be clear the view is decidedly against wilderness designation.
The USFWS CCP decision on wilderness also violates the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in that any study or declaration of wilderness must consider all alternative land uses. The CCP deliberately leaves out oil and gas exploration as a potential land use which is ironic considering the definition of the Coastal Plain under ANILCA is an area set aside for the study of oil and gas exploration potential. The State has maintained this study was a breach of NEPA since it was first proposed in 2010.
USFWS Plans for Wilderness Designation of 10-02 Violating ANILCA /NEPA
http://anwr.org/2015/01/usfws-plans-for-wilderness-designation-of-10-02-violating-anilca-nepa/
Jan 25, 2015
Bathhouse Barry is just being himself...juvenile. Bibi comes to speak per invitation and because the arrogant, little petulant boy king wasn’t involved, he stomps his feet, pouts,
and runs amok. TYPICALLY.
it’s good to be king
Ever notice how much Valerie Jarrett looks like James “I Feel Good” Brown?
Let’s see... what can I do today to further destroy America?
Obama will lockup ANWR to help his OPEC buddies and maybe get a nice retirement fund
Wouldn’t the bill on that hat be sideways...gangsta style.
Obie’s Current Pinwheel Hat is a throwback to the one he wore as a kid and rumor has it it brings back fond memories
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