9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling allows Beaufort drilling

KTUU.com ^ | Aug 28, 2009 | staff

[VRWCTexan]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A ruling Thursday by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for Shell Oil to resume its exploration and development in the Beaufort Sea.

The court's ruling says the Bush administration was correct in not demanding a new environmental impact assessment for the company's drilling leases

[MNJohnnie]

The 9th said this? That is utterly amazing.

[ContraryMary]

Agreed!

[OregonRancher]

Did I just wake up on another planet?

[Abathar]

I’m shocked... This came out of the ninth??

I’ve woken up on Bizarro world.

[Gay State Conservative]

If the US was to announce that all proven...or suspected...oil fields within US territory were going to be (carefully and responsibly) explored/developed the price of crude would drop by 66% overnight and would stay there indefinitely.But Hussein wouldn't do that....he's already on record as supporting $4/gal gasoline.

[Carley]

Beware the pen of the TOTUS

[saganite]

I’ll bet you dollars to donuts they never spud a commercial well in the Beaufort. Some communist Obama tsar somewhere in the parallel shadow administration will shoot it down.

[MestaMachine]

That’s what I wondered too. Rational, logical thought from the ninth circus is almost unheard of. What’s the catch?

[kindred]

[The 9th said this? That is utterly amazing.]

The 9th circus court of appeals finally made a just decision? Who would have thought? And why would they buck the enviormental wackos?
Maybe because the liberals need more tax monies to pay for the evil they finance and the liberal states are all broke or bankrupt?

[Cicero]

This is, indeed, absolutely astonishing. The Ninth Circus actually following the law, doing the sensible thing, and deciding a case on the merits?

Unprecedented.

[gunnut]

Drill Baby Drill.

[Godzilla]

A broke clock is correct twice a day . . . .