Posted on 04/17/2009 10:15:53 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Bush administration did not properly study the environmental impact of expanding oil and gas drilling off the Alaska coast and canceled a program to find new reserves.
A three-judge panel in Washington found that the Bush-era Interior Department failed to consider the effect on the environment and marine life before it began the process in August 2005 to expand an oil and gas leasing program in the Beaufort, Bering, and Chukchi seas.
The appeals court ordered the department, now run by President Barack Obama's appointee Ken Salazar, to analyze the areas to determine environmental risks and potential damage before moving ahead with the program.
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These are the guys to hold personally responsible next time gas goes over $4 a gallon.
Lest we forget, all it took to break the back of the upward gas price spiral last summer was for our last American President to announce that there would be drilling.
I predict an upward trend, starting today.
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Whatdyano more scummy lawyers at work.The hell with what the people want.
The world is just to small for me and liberals...so the libs must go!
But of course. Everybody knows the objective of the left is to see gas go to $8 a gallon, thus effectively legislating travel out of existence.
Just add that to all the other calamities the libs have given us.
Is this what the Founding Fathers intended? That judges decide the policies of the nation?
“thus effectively legislating travel out of existence.”
Bingo!....The only way you’ll get to visit Grand Teton national park or Yellowstone is on Obama’s Tooterville Trolley national railroad!....
Why are we letting these cowards do this?
No GOP membership card.... no gas. Ride your bike, leftie!!!
Is this what the Founding Fathers intended? That judges decide the policies of the nation?
The Founding Fathers would never understand how the whack left has perverted everything today. Activist judges, Pelosi, Reid and now Obama and his socialist ilk would shock them for sure!
Since they do not want to drill for gas and oil then the electricity to their office and homes should be stopped. And they should not be allowed to drive cars.
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Bush administration did not properly study the environmental impact of expanding oil and gas drilling off the Alaska coast and canceled a program to find new reserves.Gee, where's that in the Constitution?
Enjoy your $6/gallon gas, you black-robed pieces of crap!
This goes way beyond liberalism, socialism or communism. Even Russia, China and Cuba have sense enough to drill for oil off their coast and even ours. Chalk it up to lunacy.
Pretty obvious that the Greens intend to shut down the American energy companies. Except for the ethenol makers. With all the grains devoted to it, that even makes its hard to keep a horse. But then I guess, too many horses give off gas.
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