Posted on 08/17/2020 12:17:02 PM PDT by Red Badger
Decision opens part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling for the first time
WASHINGTONThe Trump administration approved an oil leasing program for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Monday, opening up the pristine 19-million-acre wilderness to drilling for the first time and making it difficult to unwind the decision should Democrats recapture the White House in November.
Approving the program clears the way to auction oil leases right around the end of the year, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said in an interview. The decision caps more than 30 years of efforts by oil companies and Alaskan leaders to drill in the refuge.
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It’s headed back up...............at least around here............
The polar bears are all gonna die!....................
Even worse, the Penguins are going to vanish from North America.
Polar bears can survive very nicely without any ice..............
Sorry, don’t get it.
LOL!...................
Good one:)!
There’s a verse in the Cowardly Lion’s solo where he sings:
What makes the muskrat guard his musk?
There are Musk Oxen on the Alaskan Arctic Refuge..............
Never heard that. I thought or was indoctrinated that polar bears need ice floes to hunt for seals and such.
About flipping time! Make it happen. Now! If it gets slowed too much, the rats will stop it again.
They eat anything, fish, seals, birds and eggs, occasionally environmentalists....................
“With oil trading at such low prices I dont imagine too many folks will rush in.”
If not for the knowledge that liberals will try to shut it back down there wouldn’t be. As it is, liberalism is creating the exact opposite of their stated intent (tip of the hat to Jim Quinn).
If only. I laugh when I see environmentalists get attacked or eaten by wild animals they love so much because they're too stupid to keep their distance. They actually project their empathy on non-sentient wild species whose main instinct is there next meal after survival.
Yes, some do some good. What amazes me is that they can't seem to grasp the scientific fact that some 98% or more of all species on this rock have gone extinct by natural selection. They are so concerned that some mindless little lizard, fish, or bird die out rather than let the farmers in California have full access to water for their crops. Their priorities are senseless.
Bet heads are expolding all over Social Media with the new Alaskan tundra drilling. OMG, some insect will die, as the Earth continues on with adaption to the food chain.
I will celebrate when I see the first rig pumping the first barrel of oil out of ANWR. This should have happened in the early 90s.
Well, the black ones will, because of RACISM!
More winning!!! I never get tired of all this winning!
Making America Even Better!
Go Mr President!
Yes, were going to have to tell everybody again that the drilling footprint is only going to be 2 square miles out of ANWRs total of 30,000 square miles, and it is in the barren ice/mud fields along the coast. They will do lateral drilling from there to reach a wide area of oil deposits and run less than 100 miles of pipeline west to link up with the existing Alaska Pipeline.
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