Posted on 04/28/2007 3:58:23 AM PDT by Flavius
WASHINGTON, April 28 (UPI) -- An Interior Department plan would open ocean waters off Virginia to drilling for oil and gas, The Washington Post reported.
The proposal, to be announced Monday, would also allow new exploration in Bristol Bay in Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico.
Congress imposed a moratorium, renewed every year, on drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific, after a major oil spill off Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1982. A vote would be required for any drilling off Virginia.
Environmentalists say drilling might pollute Assateague Island and Chesapeake Bay. Virginia's barrier islands have been designated a U.N. World Biosphere Reserve and a National Natural Landmark.
"This is one of the few places on the East Coast that just never got developed," said Richard Ayers of Virginia Eastern Shorekeeper. "A disturbance of any magnitude would be something the place hasn't seen since the '30s."
Drilling in Bristol Bay north of the Aleutian Islands could begin without congressional approval.
Inquiring minds want to know how he will attempt to stop this... he’s a dim... American Energy Independence threatens part of their party's seditious plans!
LLS
Offshore oil production is fine in places like Louisiana and Texas, but don’t even mention drilling around the upper class areas. It might cause pollution.
Currently, the United States has 20 World Heritage Sites and 47 Biosphere Reserves encompassing 51 million acres - an area nearly the size of Colorado.3 The U.S. is required to regularly report to the U.N. on the status of its World Heritage Sites, specifically its “preservation and protection techniques and its efforts to encourage public awareness about cultural and national heritage”.
And forget about windmills off Martha's Vineyard, too. Might spoil 'ole fat Teddy's view (assuming he can see that far throught the scotch haze)
I hereby declare my 3 acres (which exist within the borders of the entity
formerly known as "The United States of America"), a free and independent state,
and a World Heritage Site (where trespassers will be shot on sight).
Am I elligible for any world financial assistance?
In keeping my state free of trespassers, that is?
And Rita and Katrina did not cause massive spills - just slowed things down abit.
ABOUT TIME !!!!!
Good
DelMarVa PING!!!!
I'm having a hard time trying to understand your comment.
Ain't that special!
I grew up in Dorchester County Maryland...we were all rednecks on the DelMarVa peninsula...wonder when the UN snuck in?
The UN thing is a new one on me as well, and I live in Accomac County.........
On the one hand it makes sense to use the finite resources of other countries first. Whey Middle Eastern oil wells run dry the Arabs will return to their tents and camel-dung fires.
On the other hand, we cannot allow OPEC to jerk America around like a puppet on a string.
A scary thought: Saudi Arabia could close down the American economy any time it chooses.
Drill.
...depends on how much you kick back to some money criming international socialist pig
This happened with the National Parks back in the 90’s. I didn’t realize Assateague was part of it though. Guess they included National Seashores as well. And, if I remember correctly, it is by treaty, not law, so it supercedes any laws.
Come to think of it, if it involves the National Parks, it does include Assateague as it is considered a national Park.......at least it does when it comes to the annual pass, which is good at all National Parks.
That reminds me, I need to renew mine. I’ll get my new one Wednesday, we’ll beover there anyway for the seafood festival :)
Who cares what some political activists think, and especially what they say. They mentioned Assateague Island because it is a new word; nobody cares about Assateague Island or is concerned to any measurable degree. Pollute Chesapeake Bay? Even better, this might pollute the North Atlantic from Venezuela to Newfoundland and from Florida to the Azores.
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