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President Obama bans oil drilling in large areas of Atlantic and Arctic oceans
Washington Post ^ | Dec. 20, 2016 | Darryl Fears and Juliet Eilperin

Posted on 12/20/2016 3:28:10 PM PST by Innovative

President Obama moved to solidify his environmental legacy Tuesday by withdrawing hundreds of millions of acres of federally owned land in the Arctic and Atlantic Ocean from future offshore oil and gas drilling. Obama used a little-known law called the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect large portions of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas in the Arctic and a string of canyons in the Atlantic stretching from Massachusetts to Virginia from oil exploration and the potential for spills.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drilling; energy; environment; fubo; globalwarming; lastgaspofthetyrant; obama; oil; penandphone
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Anything Obama can do with an executive order with the stroke of a pen, Trump can and will UNDO just as easily -- I certainly hope so.
1 posted on 12/20/2016 3:28:10 PM PST by Innovative
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To: Innovative

The emperor has spoken so that he can claim that he did this.

Hey guys, “You can’t drill there for 30 days!” signed bho


2 posted on 12/20/2016 3:30:41 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: Innovative

PRyno and the Turtle better clear their decks of KStreet flotsam and get ready for some really heavy action...


3 posted on 12/20/2016 3:30:49 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Innovative

There goes the White House pen budget after 20 Jan 17.


4 posted on 12/20/2016 3:31:05 PM PST by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust: It corrodes 24 hours a day until eradicated.)
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To: Innovative

0bama sees who Trump has selected for his cabinet, and realizes the core of Trump’s economic revitalization strategy is energy exploitation and independence. Abundant and cheap domestically produced energy will literally refuel our reindustrialization.

0bama is deliberately trying to prevent this from happening. Do we need any more proof that this foreign imposter really hates Amreica?


5 posted on 12/20/2016 3:31:43 PM PST by henkster
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To: Innovative

His Royal Swineness 00bamanus Caligula thinks himself Emperor of the world..He will soon be disabused of that notion!


6 posted on 12/20/2016 3:32:26 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Innovative

Lock him up.


7 posted on 12/20/2016 3:33:31 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: Innovative

With Barry acting like a petulant child, I would not be surprised in the least bit if Mr Trump hauls out his FAKE BIRTH CERTIFICATE and gives it to AG Sessions to Handle .


8 posted on 12/20/2016 3:34:38 PM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: Innovative

Continental Shelf from Mineral Leasing

December 20, 2016

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

SUBJECT: Withdrawal of Certain Areas off the Atlantic Coast on the Outer Continental Shelf from Mineral Leasing

Consistent with principles of responsible public stewardship entrusted to this office, with due consideration of the critical importance of canyons along the edge of the Atlantic continental shelf for marine mammals, deep water corals, other wildlife, and wildlife habitat, and to ensure that the unique resources associated with these canyons remain available for future generations, I hereby direct as follows:

Under the authority granted to me in section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1341(a), I hereby withdraw from disposition by leasing for a time period without specific expiration the areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) associated with 26 major canyons and canyon complexes offshore the Atlantic coast lying within areas currently designated by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management as the North Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic Planning Areas. The boundaries are delineated in the attached map and accompanying table of OCS blocks. Both the map and the table form a part of this memorandum. This withdrawal prevents consideration of this area for any future mineral leasing for purposes of exploration, development, or production.

Nothing in this withdrawal affects rights under existing leases in the withdrawn areas.

BARACK OBAMA


9 posted on 12/20/2016 3:35:39 PM PST by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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His EO’s can be undone as he easily made them. This is no more than a feckless gesture done on the part of the IA (Imperial Anus).


10 posted on 12/20/2016 3:36:08 PM PST by DarthVader ("These lying tyrants are about to get hit with a tsunami of destruction on their evil reign." Gaffer)
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To: Innovative

Barry must keep his Saudi master’s oil money flowing.


11 posted on 12/20/2016 3:36:29 PM PST by 4yearlurker (Work hard,live free,thank God!)
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what he did was ban drilling in areas where it is no longer economic to drill


12 posted on 12/20/2016 3:39:36 PM PST by Thibodeaux (Exile Barack, Exile the Wookie, Exile Malia, Exile Shasha)
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To: eyeamok

“With Barry acting like a petulant child, I would not be surprised in the least bit if Mr Trump hauls out his FAKE BIRTH CERTIFICATE and gives it to AG Sessions to Handle .”

And the fake SS#’s.


13 posted on 12/20/2016 3:39:39 PM PST by Rebelbase (ABC/NBC/CBS/MSNBC/PBS/CNN/FOX are THE LEGACY MEDIA)
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To: SpaceBar
Lock him up.

Fake birth certficate. (He claimed he was born in Kenya)

Suspicious Connecticut Social Security Number. (SSN's are assigned based on State of birth, if you are born in the USA. He says he was born in Hawaii, not Connecticut.)

So, where did Barry get his fake credentials?

14 posted on 12/20/2016 3:40:32 PM PST by nonsporting
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To: DarthVader

Yes, quite true. Trump will erase those EO’s very quickly. Hopefully, the RINOs in Congress don’t stab him in the back.

Seriously, I see what Trump is doing, and if allowed to play out his strategy, America WILL become great again. It all comes down to cheap abundant domestically produced energy.


15 posted on 12/20/2016 3:41:43 PM PST by henkster
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To: eyeamok

I think it’s the real reason he ran for President to begin with. Once in office, I think a lot of thing that Obama thought were safely buried and forgotten are going to be exhumed.


16 posted on 12/20/2016 3:42:13 PM PST by Ronin (Blackface or bolt-ons, it's the same fraud. - Norm Lenhart)
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To: Innovative

The statute in question gives the president discretionary powers. Any president can undo this decree by just withdrawing the previous president’s decree. It is certainly not a permanent decree.


17 posted on 12/20/2016 3:42:37 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: DarthVader

PS: the other beneficial side effect is that when we stop sending our money to foreign nations, it stops coming back in the way of bribes to government officials to keep the money flowing.


18 posted on 12/20/2016 3:43:20 PM PST by henkster
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To: Innovative

Whatever, we own Congress and the Senate. We should repeal ALL of his efforts at wrecking on his way out the door.


19 posted on 12/20/2016 3:43:47 PM PST by DesertRhino
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The little F***ing bitch-boy is just throwing his little bitch-boy rage fit. Let the little bastard stamp his feet, when the time suits him, President Trump will simply undo anything tantrum boy did.


20 posted on 12/20/2016 3:44:49 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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