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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The Administration appears to have a “Scorched Earth” policy on the way out the door.
He can. They have no authority to do what they are doing
Little-noticed law gives Trump unexpected power to undo the mischief of bureaucrats
Law was passed in the '90s at Gingrich's urging. In recent years the Republican Congress has tried using it against Obama's regulations -- but it has always been vetoed by Obama.
Soon we'll have a president who won't veto the regulatory roll-back. He should add a little smiley-face after his signature ... just to stick it to the bureaucrats.
Probably don’t even need it.
Of course he can. Obama can slam the door all he wants, Trump can just open it again.
He’s gonna try to destroy as much as he can before he leaves. What a POS.
Jan 20th can’t come soon enough.
F U B O!
“Sarah has her work cut out for her.”
I like the idea of SP tweaking the whiny, tree-hugging libs for years to come...
All this is petulant BS that will be reversed on day one of Trump’s admin.
What can be done, can be undone. Often faster.
Oh well as long as they don't pull all the D&T keys off the computer keyboards.
There is another factor to be taken into consideration. The Alaska Pipeline must have enough oil flowing through it so that it can function despite the cold outside temperatures. As the present wells are depleted, if new wells don’t come online, the pipeline will have operational problems. So there must be a certain amount of oil available to pump. Below that, none can get pumped.
Once again little bammy just can’t NOT be an immature prick.
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Trump will open that door up again. With explosive charges, so the door is blown off of its hinges, and the frame disintegrates.
Barky will be just a (very) bad memory before long.
I fear the lame duck _resident now more than ever.
So they can’t drill until the sun rises again in the Arctic, sometime after January 20.
Guess that recent pep talk from NWO Angela Merkle helped Oboe from Nairobi stay the course.
You are nothing any more Obama but dust in the waste bin of history and rightfully so.
Trump will get rid of keyboards and go to voice-recognition computers.
With shock labor we will ensure prompt delivery of the giants of the Five Year Plan 1931
That petty little man in the White House continues to thumb us in the eye on his way out. I’m sure President Trump knows exactly what to do about it, too.
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