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Obama Said to Use 1953 Law to Permanently Block New Drilling Leases in Arctic, Atlantic
gCaptain ^ | December 19, 2016 | Jennifer A. Dlouhy

Posted on 12/19/2016 5:42:01 PM PST by artichokegrower

President Barack Obama is preparing to block the sale of new offshore drilling rights in much of the U.S. Arctic and parts of the Atlantic, a move that could indefinitely restrict oil production there, according to two people familiar with the decision.

Obama will invoke a provision in a 1953 law that gives him wide latitude to withdraw U.S. waters from future oil and gas leasing, said the people who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced. Until now the law has been used sparingly to preserve coral reefs, walrus feeding grounds and marine sanctuaries.

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KEYWORDS: energy; obama; trump
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To: Bob434

There is.


81 posted on 12/20/2016 12:26:41 AM PST by Kellis91789 (We hope for a bloodless revolution, but revolution is still the goal.)
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To: Crucial

Well, the paper I read said that before 1946 Agencies and Departments were only created by or with the cooperation of Congress. After that is when Presidents started creating them by EO.


82 posted on 12/20/2016 12:29:12 AM PST by Kellis91789 (We hope for a bloodless revolution, but revolution is still the goal.)
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To: Kellis91789

There ya go. My 1963 TRUMPS your 1953. Problem solved at least until the law can be amended or rescinded altogether, the legal way.

I would also suspect that Trump’s team has already compiled all of the EO’s and is scouring them as we speak so a single EO on his part can rescind an entire notated list of those that need to be eliminated. Add to that the number of independently wealthy members of his Cabinet tells me that these people are strategically placed because they have no need to be collecting a government paycheck. They also know how to eliminate waste.


83 posted on 12/20/2016 3:50:25 AM PST by mazda77
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To: KarlInOhio

Good memory! I remember that too...REALLY STUPID. These guys play with fire, or to be more accurate, nuclear materials, and are careless as hell.


84 posted on 12/20/2016 4:21:47 AM PST by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: Jim Robinson

#8_ Amen and Amen
Thanks Jim


85 posted on 12/20/2016 4:51:33 AM PST by ptsal
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To: artichokegrower

For obama, this is perhaps a win win. The envirowackos can rejoice and the oil drillers don’t care

Given the great prospects in the lower 48, it is not necessary to go to the excessive expense of Arctic drilling any more.


86 posted on 12/20/2016 4:56:37 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
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To: Kellis91789

The problems are two fold.

If we have left Guantanamo, (although the time is short for us to logistically do that) and the Cubans were to march in, no US law is going to get the Cubans to leave.

The pardon of a mass murderer or multiples of them? Totally legal and irreversible. He is already mass pardoning armed drug dealers. Are Mumia Abu-Jamal or OJ next?


87 posted on 12/20/2016 4:58:53 AM PST by Strac6 ("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
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To: artichokegrower

Permanent until Jan 20th. LOL!


88 posted on 12/20/2016 6:23:34 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: artichokegrower

A law can be rewritten.

And now there is no filibuster except for scotus justices (and I expect that to go away, too.)


89 posted on 12/20/2016 6:25:24 AM PST by xzins (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
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To: aposiopetic
And he hangs a mean set of curtains, don't ya know.
90 posted on 12/20/2016 6:27:31 AM PST by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: BobL

I dream that Trump will have brilliant men working ruthlessly behind the scenes to undermine liberal/conservative largess woven into our system.


91 posted on 12/20/2016 8:06:43 AM PST by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: Strac6

If he orders the military to abandon Gitmo with no notice, that might be irreversible. But moving people and their families out of Gitmo without the press finding out might be tough. If the press finds out about it, lawyers could get a court order preventing it by allowing civilian oversight to take control of the base. Cuba only gets it back if every single person has left, so even if all the military personnel follow Ozero’s orders to abandon it the presence of civilians on the base would block repossession.


92 posted on 12/20/2016 7:08:46 PM PST by Kellis91789 (We hope for a bloodless revolution, but revolution is still the goal.)
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To: buckalfa
The decree could be reversed with a simple act of Congress repealing the 1953 statute in its entirety. No need for judges and other questionable officials.
93 posted on 12/20/2016 8:33:34 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Kellis91789

Well thought out; well said.


94 posted on 12/20/2016 8:36:37 PM PST by Strac6 ("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
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To: SoCalConservative
"nuke the gay whales"

Haha! That is great.

Whalophobia

95 posted on 12/22/2016 7:52:57 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (I told you so)
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