Obama Said to Use 1953 Law to Permanently Block New Drilling Leases in Arctic, Atlantic

gCaptain ^ | December 19, 2016 | Jennifer A. Dlouhy

[artichokegrower]

President Barack Obama is preparing to block the sale of new offshore drilling rights in much of the U.S. Arctic and parts of the Atlantic, a move that could indefinitely restrict oil production there, according to two people familiar with the decision.

Obama will invoke a provision in a 1953 law that gives him wide latitude to withdraw U.S. waters from future oil and gas leasing, said the people who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced. Until now the law has been used sparingly to preserve coral reefs, walrus feeding grounds and marine sanctuaries.

[Gay State Conservative]

If only someone had put a bullet in Saul Alinsky’s head before he wrote Rules For Radicals this punk just might have been killed in a drive-by at age 17.If only someone had out a bullet in Bill Ayers’ head before he met Obola...well,you know the rest.

[editor-surveyor]

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Feckless fool.
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[CivilWarBrewing]

Those horns are growing!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Not to worry. We have a real President taking over, and he’ll know what to do.

[ptsal]

Obama is an idiot.

Please someone send Zero a Twitter update ! !

[Da Coyote]

Dlekbama the Muslim eunuch can read?

Oh yeah, what would he (it) be without reading the prompter?

Of course, those were simple words.

[Da Coyote]

That’s Dorkbama.

[hoosierham]

The idea that man-made laws are permanent and irreversible is ludicrous .

[JediJones]

Nope...article says the law does not allow for the rescinding of protection of the land, only for the granting of it.

[Fai Mao]

“That’s Dorkbama.”

You mean The Obamanation of Desolation

[italianquaker]

Just disregard the law, like obama has been doing

[Crucial]

If I were Trump, I would rescind every EO all at once. If you drag it out, it just gives the liberals ammunition. Just overwhelm them.

[Robert DeLong]

From the article:

“Congress didn’t give the president that power to undo a withdrawal,” said Niel Lawrence, Alaska director of the Natural Resources Defense Council. “Trump may claim it. And it may even get upheld.”

[oblomov]

Obama signed an executive order stating that
1) Trump is a big poopy-head, and that
2) Trump is forbidden to rebut with, “Well, you’re an even bigger poopy-head”.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I wonder if Obama plans on writing executive orders from his perch in the shadow government?

[vette6387]

“Trashing the room just before checkout time”

I’m just wondering if they are going to pry off all the “T’s” off of all of the computer keyboards like they did with the “W’s” when GWB took over from Toon!

[4Liberty]

“...because jet fuel isn’t necessary for Hawaiian vacations...”

[4Liberty]

[Kudsman]

You’d think one of these green commies would invent a CO2 powered engine. All their worries would be gone. They are the geniuses.

Oh wait we already got those. They’re called plants.

[Bryher1]

The article said Bush shortened a ban once... Maybe Trump can just shorten Obama's ban to five minutes.

Speaking of five minutes... I read that Congress will adjourn for only five minutes at the end of this session (at 11:55 am on January 4th) to stop Obama from a 1 year recess appt of a supreme court justice. Anyone want to take bets on what happens in the white house in those five minutes before noon on January 4th?