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Obama Oil Drilling Ban on Thin Ice
American Thinker ^ | December 24, 2016 | Daniel John Sobieski

Posted on 12/24/2016 5:14:32 AM PST by Kaslin

resident Obama apparently wants his legacy to be one of energy starvation for the United States and dependence on foreign energy from friendly places like Saudi Arabia and Iran. His ban on offshore drilling in federally owned waters off our Atlantic and Arctic coasts makes no sense, either environmentally or economically. As the Washington Times notes, Obama thinks he can get away with it:

Vowing that his successor won’t be able to reverse his actions, President Obama on Tuesday used executive authority to permanently ban new offshore drilling in federally owned waters off the Atlantic coast and in the Arctic Ocean.

Mr. Obama used authority in a section of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, a 1953 law, to ban the drilling. The law includes a provision that allows a president to put certain waters off-limits to oil and gas production.

The presidential authority was used in conjunction with similar actions by Canada, which also moved to prohibit drilling in its own Arctic waters. The U.S. move will ban drilling in the vast majority of American waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, in addition to areas off the Atlantic coast stretching from New England to Virginia.

It is ironic that a president who has used executive orders to get around laws now cites a 63-year-old law to justify an offshore drilling ban. Executive orders can be overturned with another executive order. And a 1953 law written when offshore and deep water drilling technology was in its infancy can be amended or repealed. Technology has advanced a lot since 1953. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking didn’t exist six decades ago. Oil drilling technology is safer, more advanced and requires a smaller footprint.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: artic; atlantic; drilling; obama
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To: Kaslin
It is my understanding that any newly elected president can rescind any previous EO from former presidents. Obozo has been notified all his EO will get the chop by President Trump. THIS WILL NOT STAND.
41 posted on 12/24/2016 8:04:37 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: COBOL2Java

The traveller also mentioned a few obvious misspellings on the pedestal.


42 posted on 12/24/2016 8:15:14 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT (Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Obama loves that Mussolini pose of his, but unlike Mussolini, Obama couldn’t even make the trains run on time.


43 posted on 12/24/2016 9:00:26 AM PST by Pining_4_TX (For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
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To: Kaslin

See comment #43. You are so right.


44 posted on 12/24/2016 9:01:18 AM PST by Pining_4_TX (For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
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To: Kaslin
U.S. Ban On New Arctic Drilling Gives Canada Leg Up, Lawmakers Say

Political cartoonist Ramirez said it best (subliminal? The rods supporting his legs are bent in the shape of the hammer and sickle):

45 posted on 12/24/2016 9:06:50 AM PST by Oatka
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To: albie

My dad worked at the Exxon refinery in Baton Rouge. As a teenager, I drove a Sedan deVille, (you could buy them used for peanuts, then), which Dad filled every night with 5 gallons of fresh brewed Exxon Premium, he brought home from the plant in a can.


46 posted on 12/24/2016 9:23:57 AM PST by sportutegrl
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To: Oatka
The rods supporting his legs are bent in the shape of the hammer and sickle

Why wouldn't they be? He's a commie after all

47 posted on 12/24/2016 9:35:18 AM PST by Kaslin (Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible)
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To: SandRat

Like I keep saying the worst president in the American history.


48 posted on 12/24/2016 9:36:52 AM PST by Kaslin (Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible)
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To: Kaslin

Please implore Trump to ask Hank Williams Jr to sing at the Inaugral.


49 posted on 12/24/2016 3:59:17 PM PST by namvolunteer (Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.)
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To: Kaslin

Please implore Trump to ask Hank Williams Jr to sing at the Inaugral.


50 posted on 12/24/2016 7:48:29 PM PST by namvolunteer (Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.)
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