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Shell Oil Lambastes Odd EPA Denial on Drilling
newsmax ^ | 4/26/2011 | By Martin Gould

Posted on 04/26/2011 2:59:28 PM PDT by tobyhill

After spending nearly $4 billion exploring, Shell Oil has been told it cannot start drilling for an estimated 27 billion gallons in the country’s most remote place — because a boat it uses might pollute the air. The Environmental Protection Agency’s appeals board denied permission for the Anglo-Dutch company to drill in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska’s northern coast, Fox News reports.

Shell did not take emissions from an icebreaking vessel into consideration when calculating so-called greenhouse gases from the project, the board said.

The closest human habitation to the proposed drilling site is the native Alaskan village of Kaktovik, with a population of 245, 70 miles away.

The oil company slammed the decision and renewed calls to stop EPA interference in drilling decisions.

“We think the issues were really not major and clearly not impactful for the communities we work in,” said Shell Vice President Pete Slaiby.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crushepa; democrats; drillheredrillnow; energy; envirofascism; epa; gasprices; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; liberalfascism; obama; shelloil
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1 posted on 04/26/2011 2:59:31 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

So the EPA looked for any reason they could to deny the permit.


2 posted on 04/26/2011 3:01:13 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: tobyhill

Relax, Slaiby. Just get out your wallet. /s


3 posted on 04/26/2011 3:01:38 PM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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To: driftdiver

That is exactly what they did and then the idiot head of the EPA had the nerve to say that they aren’t responsible for gas price increase.


4 posted on 04/26/2011 3:06:02 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

So much for defunding the EPA.


5 posted on 04/26/2011 3:08:33 PM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: pnh102
Bonehead Boehner had his chance to reign them in but instead he tried to bamboozle us with phony cuts.
6 posted on 04/26/2011 3:09:55 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill; Bockscar; Thunder90; Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; Normandy; FreedomPoster; Para-Ord.45; ...
 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

7 posted on 04/26/2011 3:10:06 PM PDT by steelyourfaith (If it's "green" ... it's crap !!!)
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To: Gene Eric

These Luddite idealogues will not rest until our society is reduce to living like cavemen. If anyone wants to know the blueprint for the utopia these people want, get and read a copy of “The Kin of Atta”. It will all become sickeningly clear.


8 posted on 04/26/2011 3:10:37 PM PDT by 230FMJ (...from my cold, dead, fingers.)
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To: tobyhill
because a boat it uses might pollute the air.

Defund and eliminate the EPA NOW!

9 posted on 04/26/2011 3:13:03 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: tobyhill

The sad truth is when the international bankers take control of our resources...all this will go away


10 posted on 04/26/2011 3:15:57 PM PDT by South Dakota (shut up and drill)
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To: tobyhill

An icebreaking boat?
Aren’t there boats out there already?

End the EPA!


11 posted on 04/26/2011 3:16:09 PM PDT by Mr. Peabody
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To: tobyhill

For the Obastard administration, any excuse will do.


12 posted on 04/26/2011 3:16:29 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: tobyhill
Buy a nuke powered icebreaker and have large generator on board to supply power in case of emergency.
13 posted on 04/26/2011 3:17:15 PM PDT by mountainlion (America land of the free because of the Brave.)
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To: 230FMJ

Correction, it’s “the Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You” by Dorothy Bryant. Utopian literature and a blueprint for where many of our “educated” fellow citizens wish to take us.


14 posted on 04/26/2011 3:17:15 PM PDT by 230FMJ (...from my cold, dead, fingers.)
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To: tobyhill
Regan has been credited with bringing down the USSR, but I have always believed that the weight of their bloated bureaucracy is what did them in. We are now traveling down the same road ..... the size and tentacles of the federal government MUST be reined in .... by attrition it should be reduced by at LEAST fifty percent.
15 posted on 04/26/2011 3:18:52 PM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: tobyhill

The “Great UnNatural Acts” Wilderness, Endangered Species, Clean Air/Water - all were designed to destroy America.

They are working as designed.

Regulation costs America 1.7 trillion bucks annually.

Repeal all such laws.

If we have them and our competitors don’t, we are doomed to ruin.


16 posted on 04/26/2011 3:19:57 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: tobyhill

The city of Kaktovik, Alaska


A bowhead whale is butchered on the beach in Kaktovik, Alaska.

17 posted on 04/26/2011 3:25:19 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: tobyhill

How much smoke can there be from 70 miles away on the North Pole? This is absurd.

Pray for America


18 posted on 04/26/2011 3:26:48 PM PDT by bray (The Country Club can hold THEIR noses this election)
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To: Mr. Peabody

The EPA contends that Shell's icebreaker might pollute the air.

Fox News reported the appeals board has four members, all Democrats, including Kathie Stein, whom it described as “an activist attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund.”

Environmental Appeals Board
United States Environmental Protection Agency

From left to right: Karl Coplan, Hon. Kathie Stein & Hon. Paul V. Niemeyer

19 posted on 04/26/2011 3:36:19 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: tobyhill

We are not seeing just an assault on energy in America. What we are seeing is outright war,... and the enemy is winning!


20 posted on 04/26/2011 3:39:21 PM PDT by Gritty (Local Russians shouldn't compare our Democratic Party with communism. ItÂ’s absurd.-D. Savino (D-NY))
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