Posted on 02/08/2010 5:50:44 PM PST by Kaslin
Energy The administration asked for public comments on a plan to expand offshore drilling. When they came in 2-to-1 in favor, the Interior Department sat on the news. Time for a "Texas tea" party?
When you ask for public comment on a major policy issue, at some point you should make the results public, not hide them until you can figure out a way to spin the public reaction to support a conclusion you've already drawn.
On its last business day in office, the Bush administration published a proposed draft of a five-year plan to lease areas in the Atlantic and Pacific waters for oil and natural gas drilling. The plan authorized 31 energy exploration lease sales between 2010 and 2015 for tracts along the East Coast and off the coasts of Alaska and California.
Hopes that America would soon develop vast untapped energy reserves were dashed when the incoming Obama administration ordered all federal agencies and departments to halt all such pending regulations until they could be reviewed by incoming staff. Incoming Interior Secretary Ken Salazar extended the public comment period by 180 days.
Last April, Salazar said President Obama told him regarding the comment period "to make sure that we have an open and transparent government" and to make sure that DOI was "maximizing the opportunity for the public to give us guidance on what it is they want us to do" about expanding domestic energy exploration and development.
Well, the public provided no small amount of guidance. The Interior Department announced in September it had received more than 530,000 comments. It did not say, however, how many supported or opposed expanded drilling. It's now four months after the close of this extended comment period, so where are the results? What happened to the open and transparent process?
(Excerpt) Read more at investors.com ...
It’s just a cover-up.
It’s not like he wrote a couple of reminders on his palm.
Talk to the hand. Sarah wants to drill, baby, drill. Better than Salazar’s hot air.
great find. This is huge. Now, how do get somebody to pick up on:
1. the public comment 2-1 for drilling
and
2. The coverup
The public is 2 to 1 in favor of offshore drilling; the Left is against it.
The Left is falling in the polls and can’t figure it out.
Why tell them?!
Remember, he said Transpearent but he ment,
Translucent.
He’s our first Opaque president.
BTTT and a ping.
Transparently criminal.
Institute for Energy Research calls on the administration to unlock taxpayer-owned energy resources
Mr. President, Don’t Forget About America’s Job-Creating Energy Resources
By Institute for Energy Research Wednesday, January 27, 2010
IER President: “Americans need jobs and America needs fuel to drive economic growth and prosperity. Increasing domestic energy production is a common sense solution embraced by a clear majority of Americans”
Washington, DC – Today, one in 10 Americans are out of work. However, the Obama Administration has the opportunity to help create hundreds of thousands of jobs, increase America’s long-term energy security and reduce our dependence on imported energy by allowing responsible, environmentally-sound offshore energy production.
“The President has directed an enormous amount of hard-earned tax dollars to prop up ‘green jobs’ that would otherwise not exist without heavy and ongoing government support. At the same time, this Administration has discouraged common sense job creation efforts, especially responsible offshore oil and gas development,” said Thomas J. Pyle, president of the market-oriented Institute for Energy Research (IER). “And despite widespread public support for increasing all forms of domestic energy – especially offshore – the President and his Administration continue to add layers of red tape and bureaucratic hurdles on access to homegrown energy.”
Pyle is referring to the job-creating energy resources along the outer continental shelf (OCS), an energy-rich area located between 3 and 200 miles off our coast. Developing oil and gas reserves along the OCS has the potential to create 1.2 million jobs and provide an additional $70 billion in annual wages.
“This Administration continues to embrace Washington-dominated, command-and-control national energy policies focused on mandates, subsidies and political favors – not market forces,” continued Pyle. “Subsidizing one form of energy, while restricting the exploration of another, will lead to several measurable outcomes: increased energy prices across the board, fewer jobs and a weaker footing in the global economy.”
According to the Interior Department, this Administration has leased less taxpayer-owned land than any other year on record during its first year in office, while realizing one-tenth the amount of revenue from leasing taxpayer-owned land than it did in 2008.
Pyle notes that free enterprise continues to create tens of thousands of energy-related jobs right here at home.
“Without a government handout or a Washington mandate, natural gas production created nearly 48,000 jobs last year in Pennsylvania alone,” said Pyle. “Now more than ever, Americans need jobs and America needs fuel to drive economic growth and prosperity. Increasing domestic energy production is a common sense solution embraced by a clear majority of Americans. If the President was serious about redirecting our economy and helping
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/19424
BFL!
When Bill Clinton was President I came quickly to the point of believing that if his lips were moving ... he was lying. Why listen to anyone who lies about everything.
He appears to be open to cooperation. Yet he is not.
Obama is a front man. That is what he was put in place to be. He is a front man. The man you see he comes across as approachable and friendly, (somewhat arrogant too); but ... the plans going on behind the scenes are entirely on track to accomplish their agenda. MOO.
Bookmark
In my personal opinion, Kenny Salazar is just another kiss-@ss D@mocrat hired hand. Rancher? Oh, you betcha - but if the White House ‘asked’ him to ban all grazing leases (or all oil drilling) on federal lands, he’d have it done before you could say “teleprompter,” and you would be able to see the dirt from Obama’s boots on his tongue as soon as he opened his lying mouth...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.