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We need to tell our Representatives and our Senators who are running for reelection this year we won't vote for them unless they vote to authorize drilling for oil in Alaska, off shore, in national parks and in my back yard. I doubt that anyone would want to drill for oil in my backyard, but Congress shouldn't prevent oil companies from drilling for oil where ever it may be. Drilling for new oil is part of the solution for the emerging fuel shortage. Another part is development of alternative biofuels. Backward Democrats oppose drilling for new oil because it might...

It amazes me how Congress fails to recognize the difficulties caused by importing 70 percent of our oil then refuses to do anything about that dependency. The problem of appeasing foreign dictators will not end anytime soon because full implementation of alternatives to oil may not be in place for many years. Allen West, candidate for Congressional District 22, advocates ending our dependency through immediate drilling in America and development of alternative sources simultaneously. I know people claim that it would take 10 years from deciding to drill to getting gas into the pipeline. So, I investigated that claim. Historically,...

For those of you watching the Republicans in their oil standoff in Congress on Twitter, this may be of some interest. Hope none of us has gotten this attack yet. Article is linked due to being unsure of copyright issues.

Where is the constitutional authority that empowers the federal government to ban offshore oil drilling, much less save the planet? Answer: There is none. It's an extra-constitutional power they gave themselves. According to this 2006 Congressional Research Service report, it's based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), a treaty that has NOT been ratified by the United States: Federal Jurisdiction. While a signatory to UNCLOS III, the United States has not ratified the treaty. Regardless, many of its provisions are now generally accepted principles of customary international law and, through a series of...

Story Highlights NEW: Speaker Pelosi calls drilling proposal a "hoax"; oil speculation bill fails Republicans want expanded oil production to be part of any solution Democrats bring bill extending renewable-energy tax credits to Senate floor GOP wants to expand offshore drilling; Dems oppose lifting offshore drilling ban WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republicans on Wednesday pressured congressional Democrats for a vote to lift a ban on offshore drilling before Congress begins its summer recess. The partisan fight over offshore drilling has stalled efforts to pass legislation meant to lower high gas prices before Congress adjourns for its monthlong break at the end...

Congressman Ron Klein is disappointed that President Bush has been "short-sighted" in lifting the executive ban on off-shore drilling. We are disappointed with Congressman Klein. With a complete lack of initiative or imagination, he continues to give us the Nancy Pelosi/far left talking-point response— the truly short-sighted policy. If we had not listened to every administration since Jimmy Carter, America could have been energy independent long ago. And yes, if we develop our own natural resources—ALL of them— the speculators will see that events in the Middle East will have little effect on our supply, which will then be reflected...

Rising energy prices have prompted President George to rescind an executive order enacted by his father and extended by President Bill Clinton to ban offshore drilling. “The time for action is now,” President George W. Bush said in a Rose Garden speech Monday afternoon. A memorandum signed by the President rescinds former President George H.W. Bush’s 1990 executive order drafted in response to pressure from the environmental lobby after a 3 million gallon oil spill off the coast of California in 1969. The current President Bush argued “advances in technology have made it possible to have the oil production out...

A recent Gallup poll revealed that 57 percent of Americans want to open previously untouched territories to oil drilling. A Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll had the number of Americans in favor at 59 percent. I would suspect that as gasoline prices rise, the percentage of Americans in favor of new drilling will too. There is an estimated 17.8 billion barrels of oil located off American shores that is currently off limits to oil companies. According to federal data, that’s about the same as 10 years worth of current U.S. oil production, and approximately 76 trillion cubic feet of natural...

It may be less efficient and more intrusive than other forms of alternative energy, but harnessing the power of wind is “every bit as serious” as other options, according to MSNBC “Countdown” host Keith Olbermann and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. “This [supporting corn-based ethanol] is a problem, not Obama’s best thing, but you know nuclear – there is this notion on the right that nuclear is serious and wind is not,” Krugman said on Olbermann’s show June 25. “But the fact of the matter, given what we know, wind is every bit as serious, and maybe more so,...

The other day I posted “WHO TO BLAME” for our fuel costs. That would be the Democratic Party and three influential people (John Flicker at 212-979-3000, Frances Beinecke at 212-727-2700, and Von Noppen at 510-550-6700) destroying this country under the guise of protecting the environment. And let’s cut to the chase, the Democratic Party is not an American party anymore. It’s a Marxist Party and the problem we’re in is a government created one through decades of the Democratic (Marxist) Party incrementally restricting access to our own natural resources, onshore and off by selling a bunch of lies to the...

The conventional punditry on McCain's call to end the ban on offshore oil exploration has focused on whether President Bush's suppport for the idea will hurt McCain in the fall. But that could change, and soon, if what's happened in just the past few days develops into a real trend: Sen. Jim Webb announced he now supports exploration off the coast of Virginia. Ex-Gov. Mark Warner also supports opening up the Virginia coastline to possible drilling. Meanwhile, the latest Gallup survey shows Democrats are split on offshore drilling, with 39% in support while 59% still oppose. Better yet, it's an...

Behold, a miracle: Public anger over $4 gas is forcing at least some of our political class to confront their energy contradictions. Last week, Republicans Jim Walsh of New York and Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland -- two longstanding opponents of offshore drilling -- asked for a mulligan. We can now add John McCain to the roll: In a speech in Houston yesterday, the Senator finally came out in favor of increasing domestic energy supplies. This is progress, even if it did come dressed in some of Mr. McCain's familiar policy confusions. In the past, the Republican has been a chief...

In a year when Democrats are expected to roll over Republicans in the Congressional races, two issues are certain winners for Republicans if they can avoid wimping out to liberal threats and RINO nonsense: energy and immigration. The nation was treated to a raw demonstration of the power of the illegal immigration issue when a liberal governor of liberal New York state proclaimed the issuance of drivers licenses to illegals. Governor Spitzer, now retired in disgrace, had to reverse his order, and Hillary Clinton lost all her momentum by hemming and hawing over this issue. Now also $4.00 gasoline may...

WASHINGTON - The Senate has rejected a Republican energy plan that calls for opening an Alaska wildlife refuge and some offshore waters to oil development. Supporters of the measure couldn't get the needed 60 votes to overcome a Democratic-led filibuster threat. Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said more domestic oil production is needed to keep prices in check and to reduce U.S. dependence on oil imports. Opponents said areas such as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and coastal waters that have been off limits to drilling for 25 years ought to remain that out of bounds to oil companies....

Those who understand that America is still the country that offers the most hope to the rest of the world, and who also reason things out, find it hard to understand why some Americans: 1.refuse to look at the evidence of global Islamic terrorism, its danger to westerners and the success of the American military in combatting it, 2.refuse to look at the evidence that global warming is a naturally reoccurring phenomenon and is more beneficial to humanity than is global cooling,

It’s another sign that gas prices will probably be heading higher - oil prices surpassed $103 a barrel for the first time Friday as persistent weakness in the U.S. dollar and the prospect of lower interest rates attracted fresh money to the oil market. Some analysts are expecting prices to hit $4 dollars a gallon by this spring. At the Mobil gas station in DeWitt, the price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.34. That is slightly higher than the average price for a gallon of gas in the Syracuse area, $3.32 a gallon - up 12 cents over...

A plan introduced Thursday by U.S. Rep. Mike Ross to encourage alternative and renewable energy relies on oil drilling in Arctic wildlife lands and the Gulf of Mexico to meet its goals. Ross' bill, the "American-Made Energy Act of 2008," also would create tax credits to build new nuclear power plants throughout the United States, with an aim of having 40 percent of the nation's power come from nuclear sources.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- More than 40 percent of those asked told a UPI-Zogby International poll they "strongly support" drilling for oil off the U.S. coast. A total of 6,882 U.S. residents took part in a Zogby interactive poll looking at energy issues and policies. The poll was conducted Jan. 16-18 and has a margin of error of 1.2 percentage points. Asked their level of support for oil drilling off coastlines of the United States, 42.4 percent said they would "strongly support" such a program while another 18.6 percent gave the idea "somewhat support." A total of 16.7 percent...

WASHINGTON -- An agreement on a tax package Thursday moved Congress closer to opening a vast area in the Gulf of Mexico, 125 miles south of Florida's Panhandle, to oil and gas drilling. Both the House and Senate attached the drilling legislation to a package of popular tax measures expected to win approval by week's end as Republicans wrap up the 109th Congress and turn control over to Democrats next year. The drilling legislation also revamps revenue sharing from Gulf oil and gas production, sending hundreds of millions of dollars to four Gulf states for restoring coastal wetlands and repairing...

Energy Security: Unable to explain to its constituents why gas costs so much, the Senate has passed the first expansion of U.S. oil exploration in decades. But it's almost a drop in the ocean. As we've noted, Brazil has achieved energy independence in part from the 1.9 million barrels of oil it gets from offshore drilling. And Cuba's Fidel Castro's last act may be to drill 50 miles from Key West, Fla. In February, the Interior Department's Minerals Management Service estimated that the Outer Continental Shelf contains 85.8 billion barrels of recoverable crude. We imported 3.67 billion barrels of oil...

WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Tuesday to open 8.3 million acres of federal waters in the central Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling, setting up a confrontation with the House which wants even more drilling in waters now off-limits. Supporters said the measure would be a major step toward producing more domestic energy and forcing down natural gas prices that have soared in recent years. The Senate approved the measure by a vote of 71-25. It now must be reconciled with much broader drilling legislation passed by the House in June. Those negotiations are likely to begin in...

Neil Abercrcombie, the Hawaii Democrat and former college professor who represents Waikiki Beach and its environs in the U.S. House of Representatives, took to the floor on June 29 to liken some Americans to the Taliban. The targets of Abercrombie’s ire were not officials at the National Security Agency conducting warrantless wiretaps of suspected terrorists. Nor were they the military personnel running the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. No, Abercrombie, who advocates expanded offshore oil and gas drilling because he believes rising energy prices are killing American jobs in agriculture and manufacturing, directed his anger at anti-drillling environmentalists. “We are...

Facing rising energy prices and political pressure to act, the House Appropriations Committee voted Wednesday to end a 23-year-old ban on natural gas exploration in federal coastal waters, the first step in what would represent a major change in how the nation treats its coast. By a vote of 37 to 25, with all four Floridians voting no, the committee passed an amendment to exempt natural gas drilling from a congressional ban on offshore energy exploration first inserted into the Interior Department appropriations bill by Rep. C.W. Bill Young, R-Indian Shores, in 1983. If the amendment, which faces a tough...

Havana, May 10: Cuba has struck a deal with Spanish, Norwegian and Indian oil companies to drill in the 1.6-km waters of the Gulf of Mexico, industry sources and diplomats said.The possibility of striking oil in Cuban waters just 120 km off US shores at a time of soaring fuel prices and rising global demand has set off a political debate over whether US companies, sidelined by American sanctions, should be allowed to explore there. Contracts will be signed on May 23 in Havana between Spanish major Repsol YPF, Norway’s Norsk Hydro and ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of...

April 29, 2006 Nelson announces bill to block Cuban oil drilling near Keys Associated Press MIAMI -- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson announced legislation Friday to keep Cuba from oil drilling in the waters between the Caribbean island nation and the Florida Keys. The Democratic senator's bill would block the renewal of a 1977 international agreement allowing Cuba to conduct commercial activity near the Keys -- unless Cuba would agree not to put oil rigs in the Florida Straits close to the low-lying island chain off Florida's southern tip. "At risk are the Florida Keys and the state's tourism economy, not...

The lady has stood up to the playground bully, identified by his trademark "Incredible Hulk" necktie, and tomorrow he comes into our neighborhood to beat her up. With the moxie to block a backdoor bid to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling rigs and haul roads, and the gall to demand that oil executives be sworn in at hearings, freshman Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., has angered powerful Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska. Stevens will be in Seattle, Tacoma and Everett, carrying out a threat made on the Senate floor in December and described by The Washington Post as "the...

Environmental groups are suing the Interior Department to block expanded oil and gas exploration in an ecologically sensitive area of Alaska's North Slope. The 18-page lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Juneau focuses on the government's decision in January to allow drillers to lease previously closed acreage in the northeast corner of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The Bush administration's decision opens up 389,000 acres for leasing, giving drillers a chance to find and produce an estimated 2 billion barrels of oil and 3.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the tundra north and east of Teshekpuk Lake....

SANTA BARBARA, CA – California State Treasurer and Democratic Candidate for Governor Phil Angelides today released Coast Guard, his plan to protect the California coastline, end Governor Schwarzenegger’s policy of neglect, and defeat President Bush’s new plans to drill for oil and gas off the California coast. Angelides, who has been endorsed by 70 prominent environmental leaders and Vote the Coast, a grassroots political action organization whose purpose is to achieve coastal protection and conservation, unveiled the plan in Santa Barbara. “The California coast is endangered and President Bush and Governor Schwarzenegger are taking us in the wrong direction,” said...

Energy Dependence: Al-Qaida and Democrats in Congress have a curious objective in common — sabotaging the supplies of oil available to America. The Saudi Arabian branch of al-Qaida this week provided religious justification for its attempt last Friday to car-bomb the huge oil-processing complex in the eastern Saudi town of Abqaiq. "Targeting oil interests is legitimate economic jihad," said a 63-page document posted on a militant Islamic Web site. "Oil is the basis of modern industry and the backbone of industries in infidel countries." Of course, through God's wisdom there's also a substantial quantity of oil in North America. But...

House members left town for the year, leaving the Senate to determine the fates of a massive defense spending bill and a budget-trimming package, both of which the House passed in the early morning hours yesterday. In the Senate, Democrats are vowing to block the defense spending bill unless Republicans drop a provision that would allow oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Senate Republican leaders late yesterday filed a motion to limit debate and force a final vote on the defense bill. Senators will vote on the motion tomorrow. Democrats are working to round up...

Hi, If the last month or so have demonstrated anything, with the withdrawal of Harriet Miers and the sudden GOP actions to cut federal spending, it shows that when the Republican Party hears from conservatives and Americans they can suddenly develop the backbone to do the right thing. Now the Republicans, particularly a cadre of "moderates," need to hear from us in no uncertain terms that we want to fight terrrorism by drilling for oil in Alaska and want to at least try to move toward more energy independence. In this post, I have three main items: 1) The names...

The Appalachian mountains are buzzing with the sounds of oil drilling. Most of the 900 or so wells drilled in Kentucky this year won't produce more than a barrel or two of oil a day. But with prices around 60 dollars a barrel, those little wells are pulling in big profits, especially when they also pump natural gas. With oil prices now double what they were two years ago, the US Congress has called hearings to address charges of "price-gouging." The pinch at the pump is causing some economists to warn that consumers will have to reduce discretionary spending while...

House GOP leaders agreed last night to strip plans to permit oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and in the offshore continental shelf from a $54 billion budget-cutting measure, probably securing the votes to pass the bill today. The move is a blow to President Bush, who has made expanded oil exploration a priority since he took office. Lawmakers said the White House applied pressure yesterday to Republicans to save the drilling provisions, especially in Alaska, even wooing conservative Democrats who have steadfastly opposed the GOP budget package.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Energy Committee voted on Wednesday to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling as part of a broad budget bill to fund the federal government. Tapping the refuge's billions of barrels of crude oil is a key part of the Bush administration's national energy plan to boost domestic production. Environmental groups and many Democrats oppose drilling, saying that instead of threatening the habitat of wildlife in ANWR, lawmakers should look at ways to cut oil consumption with more fuel-efficient vehicle standards. The refuge, which is about the size of South Carolina, sprawls across...

The vote currently stands at 210-212, with 12 votes outstanding, but I think the 12 are all out of town. They need to switch two votes from "no" to "yes" in order to win. They've kept the vote open now for almost 40 minutes. I am not totally sure what is in this bill, but all the votes in favor are Republican votes. Meanwhile, the dems keep shouting for the vote to be ended....

Now, let me give you an example. Here in Florida, I just had this story sent to me. This is from today's Tallahassee Democrat. Is that what the name of the paper is? Yeah, the Tallahassee Democrat. The headline story: "Nelson Calls for Freeze on Gasoline Prices -- Senator Warns of New Bid for Drilling in Gulf." That's... Warns of new drilling in Gulf! This illustrates the point I wish to open with. Liberals have absolutely no answer to the gasoline issue. The Democrats and the Sierra Club-inspired environmentalist wackos and liberals have no answer to the gasoline issue. Bill...

WASHINGTON - With oil prices nearing $60 a barrel, the good will toward Florida finally ran dry. After agreeing last week to maintain the existing moratorium on oil and gas drilling off Florida's shores, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday moved forward with conducting an inventory of energy reserves in all U.S. waters, including the eastern Gulf of Mexico. By a vote of 52-44, the Senate rejected an amendment sponsored by Florida's senators that would have deleted the inventory from the comprehensive energy bill now moving through the Senate. The energy bill still must pass, and the Senate will have to...

WASHINGTON - The House voted late Wednesday to allow oil drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge as part of a broad energy bill that Democrats said would funnel billions of dollars to highly profitable energy companies while doing little to promote conservation or ease gasoline prices. The bill's sponsors said oil from Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as much as a million barrels a day, will be needed to help curtail the country's growing dependence on oil imports. Opponents argued the oil wouldn't be available for a decade and even then at levels that would not significantly affect oil prices...

JUNEAU, Alaska - The tiny north coast town of Kaktovik officially supports responsible development of oil and gas. But many reacted warily to the Senate vote to allow drilling in their back yard. Even with just 284 residents, Kaktovik is the largest town on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plain. Mayor Lon Sonsalla said just about everyone has concerns about changes that could accompany any work in the 1.5 million-acre stretch, where billions of barrels of crude oil are believed to rest beneath the tundra. "We are now given notice that we have to be on our toes," said...

In 1957, Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton opened up 20 million acres on the North Slope of Alaska for commercial oil and gas exploration and drilling. This was in addition to the already established Naval Petroleum Reserve (NPR) which included another 23 million acres. Even with oil plentiful and cheap, Washington recognized that the United States needed to strive for energy independence, and the cold, barren and relatively uninhabited tundra of Alaska must have seemed like a great place to drill...

The US Senate has given its de facto approval to a plan to open up a remote wildlife refuge in the northern state of Alaska to oil drilling. Senators voted 51-49 against an amendment which would have struck the measure from the federal budget. The plan has long been a key part of President Bush's energy plan, as a means to reduce US reliance on imports.

Alaska drilling to have chilling effect Friday, February 4, 2005 NORTH HALEDON - Warren Smith made his first visit to "the lower 48" this week, leaving his small Yukon village to speak to groups around North Jersey about his people, the indigenous Gwich'in Athabaskan, their 1,000-year reliance on caribou, and federal legislation that could change their way of life.Smith was joined by Jillian Morrissey, an environmental activist who has spent the past three years photographing Alaska's wildlife and fighting to protect the caribou and the Gwich'in people from oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.Wednesday night the pair brought...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Beijing Petroleum Machinery Factory (BPMF) under the CNPC (China National Petroleum Corporation) signed an agreement with an US company on Thursday to provide top-drive oil-drilling equipment which China independently developed and which represents the most advanced level of oil-drilling technology and electromechanical equipment for oil industry. This is China's first export of major oil-drilling equipment to the US. Top-drive oil-drilling equipment is one of the front technologies in oil-drilling engineering, said Ding Shubai, vice president of the Petrochemical Engineering Research Institute. By far only a few companies are able to produce...

he ice-cloaked Arctic Ocean was once apparently a warm, biologically brewing basin so rich in sinking organic material that some scientists examining fresh evidence pulled from a submerged ridge near the North Pole say the seabed may now hold significant oil and gas deposits. This is just one of many findings from a pioneering expedition that in late summer sent dozens of scientists and technicians on three icebreakers - one with a drilling rig nine stories tall - into the drifting, crunching plates of sea ice to retrieve the first long-term record of climate and ocean conditions there. The expedition...

Tauzin unveils energy plan Incentives for deep wells in coastal shallows included By PATRICK COURREGES pcourreges@theadvocate.com Acadiana bureau Billy Tauzin III, a Republican candidate for Louisiana's 3rd District congressional seat, said Tuesday he wants to give oil and gas companies reason to dig a little deeper closer to shore. Tax breaks and relief from royalty requirements for businesses willing to go to the extra expense of drilling deeper inshore and in the shallow coastal area of the Gulf of Mexico are part of the energy plan Tauzin unveiled this week. Tauzin, a Thibodaux Republican and lobbyist for BellSouth, is one...

PRUDHOE BAY, Alaska — Just mentioning "ANWR" (search) and oil drilling in the same breath is bound to touch off a controversy. But the governor of Alaska says it's a non-issue because he plans to search for oil on state land just off the shore from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

http://jamestown.org THE DRAGON'S DRIVE FOR CASPIAN OILhttp://jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=395&issue_id=2952&article_id=236701 By John C.k. Daly China 's insatiable energy thirst is causing it to undertake a global search for energy supplies to sustain its booming economy. Beijing has injected itself into the complex Caspian chess match to ensure itself as large a share as possible of resources being developed there. This complex political and economic maneuvering forces China to deal with the Caspian's five riparian states - Russia , Azerbaijan , Iran , Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan . Analysts estimate that within ten to fifteen years China will consume as much oil as the U.S....

ANCHORAGE – Southwestern Alaska's Bristol Bay, site of the world's biggest sockeye salmon runs, was long considered too valuable to risk to oil rigs. Like the California and Florida coasts, this part of Alaska has been under a national leasing moratorium to spare it from the threat of spilled crude. But now, eight years after a federal move to buy back oil leases in the vast Bay, residents and state officials are doing what would have seemed unthinkable not long ago: inviting oil firms back. The reversal reflects the fallen fortunes of Alaska's once-powerful salmon industry, and the economic challenges...

A group supporting the opening of a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska for "environmentally safe" oil exploration and drilling is urging Americans to support a congressional effort to include a provision to authorize it in an upcoming energy bill. J. Zane Walley, executive director of the Alamogordo, N.M.-based Environmental Conservation Organization, a property-rights group, is warning energy prices could climb to astronomical levels if the U.S. continues to import most of its oil. Oil exploration rig in largely uninhabitable area of Alaska National Wildlife Refuge "In about a decade, almost 70 percent of our oil and...

Blackout or 'greenout'? Posted: August 20, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Oil is the lifeblood of our industrial society. But it's been under attack since the early 1970s. Environmentalists told us we'd all choke from the exhaust fumes back then. Then they lied about global warming. Then they lied about the ozone hole. Then they complained about oil drilling in Alaska. Then they complained about drilling for natural gas. Then they complained about oil drilling offshore. Then they complained about reliance on foreign oil and told us we must conserve. (They're right about the dangers of foreign oil....