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On its way out, Obama administration moves to slam the door shut on Arctic drilling
Washington Post ^
| Nov. 18, 2016
| Brady Dennis and Steven Mufson
Posted on 11/18/2016 12:56:27 PM PST by Innovative
The Obama administration on Friday banned offshore drilling in the Arctic, setting a likely collision course with President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to “unleash” new energy production in the United States by rolling back restrictions on oil and gas companies.
The move by the Interior Department, part of a new five-year plan for energy development in federal waters, would put a temporary end to exploration in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas off the Alaskan coast. It also dropped plans to allow companies to drill for oil and natural gas in the Atlantic Ocean off of four southeastern states, including Virginia.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arctic; driiling; drilling; energy; obama; trump
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I hope that Trump can cancel and reverse this with a stroke of a pen.
To: Innovative
#### the interior dept, whatever the #### that is.
If it wasn’t approved by congress, kill it.
If it WAS approved by congress, kill it.
He’s got a phone and a pen.
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posted on
11/18/2016 12:58:20 PM PST
by
dp0622
(IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: Innovative
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posted on
11/18/2016 12:58:38 PM PST
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: Innovative
I hope that Trump can cancel and reverse this with a stroke of a pen. If he can't, just use the reconciliation tactic that the dems used to push Ocare through. Feed them some of their own sh!t.
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posted on
11/18/2016 12:58:55 PM PST
by
canalabamian
("The same things win, that always won..." Coach Paul W. Bryant)
To: Innovative
“I hope that Trump can cancel and reverse this with a stroke of a pen. “
Even if he can’t he will and use Obama as the precedent for doing it. Then they will enact a law so this never happens again without great penalty.
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posted on
11/18/2016 12:59:19 PM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Election 2016 - Best election ever)
To: Innovative
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posted on
11/18/2016 1:01:57 PM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Enterprise
"Trump will ice that."
To: Innovative
No current legislative body is bound by any previously passed legislation by the prior legislative session. The same holds true for the President.
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posted on
11/18/2016 1:05:31 PM PST
by
shotgun
To: Innovative
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posted on
11/18/2016 1:05:33 PM PST
by
DungeonMaster
(Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.)
To: Innovative
I think that President Trump will bring his own pen.
To: Innovative
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posted on
11/18/2016 1:06:58 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: Innovative
Sarah has her work cut out for her.
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posted on
11/18/2016 1:07:05 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #MyPresident)
To: shotgun
The article seems silly. Does the Chief Executive (Trump) have control over what the Executive Branch does? Yes. Yes he does.
Could Congress pass binding laws that might limit the Chief Executive? Well ... it could. But it’s not going to act on Arctic drilling any time soon. So ... meh.
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posted on
11/18/2016 1:08:20 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
To: Innovative
“The election is over, John. I won get on board or get out of the way.”
It’s time to make damn sure that elections have consequences.
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posted on
11/18/2016 1:08:34 PM PST
by
Steamburg
(Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)
To: Innovative
The first Bush stopped offshore drilling, the second Bush resinded tjat a month befote lefy office, then O put it back.....
The Bushes had to pay back their Saudi pals.
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posted on
11/18/2016 1:09:36 PM PST
by
stockpirate
(OBAMA MUST BE ON THE PAYROLL OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION.)
To: SnuffaBolshevik
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posted on
11/18/2016 1:11:35 PM PST
by
scripter
To: DungeonMaster
Obama is powerless.
Pardons are one of the few "irrevocable" acts now available to ol' barkie. And even with pardons there can be new prosecutable crimes committed or, as a last resort, street justice.
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posted on
11/18/2016 1:12:09 PM PST
by
867V309
(Lock Her Up)
To: Paladin2
Who locked the door?
Nobody.
The lefty nutjobs are slamming everything around them. Elections have consequences. They LOST!
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posted on
11/18/2016 1:13:13 PM PST
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west))
To: Innovative
To: Innovative
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11/18/2016 1:17:55 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
(If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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