The Obama administration's loathsome cowboy, Interior Secretary Ken
Salazar, won't take no for an answer. He's been smacked down repeatedly
by federal courts for imposing a draconian, junk science-based
moratorium on the oil and gas industry. Yet, the job-killing zealot and
his boss just introduced another ruinous offshore drilling ban two weeks
ago.
The White House rationale for the renewed crackdown? Because we said so.
Thomas Pyle of the D.C.-based Institute for Energy Research reports that the Salazar scheme "reinstitutes a 30-year moratorium on offshore energy exploration that will keep our most promising resources locked away until long after President Obama begins plans for his presidential library." Instead of working to enhance our energy independence and free up abundant natural resources, the Obama administration has worked tirelessly to close off access to nearly 86 billion barrels of oil on America's Outer Continental Shelf alone.
The latest plan involves the interior secretary's authority to auction oil and gas leases and to oversee oil and gas research and exploration on the OCS. Pyle explains that the "2012-17 plan leaves out the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts and the vast majority of OCS areas off Alaska. It cuts in half the average number of lease sales per year, requires higher minimum bids and shorter lease periods, and dramatically reduces lease terms."
Read more: http://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2012/07/13/obamas_interior_department_still_going_rogue
The White House rationale for the renewed crackdown? Because we said so.
Thomas Pyle of the D.C.-based Institute for Energy Research reports that the Salazar scheme "reinstitutes a 30-year moratorium on offshore energy exploration that will keep our most promising resources locked away until long after President Obama begins plans for his presidential library." Instead of working to enhance our energy independence and free up abundant natural resources, the Obama administration has worked tirelessly to close off access to nearly 86 billion barrels of oil on America's Outer Continental Shelf alone.
The latest plan involves the interior secretary's authority to auction oil and gas leases and to oversee oil and gas research and exploration on the OCS. Pyle explains that the "2012-17 plan leaves out the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts and the vast majority of OCS areas off Alaska. It cuts in half the average number of lease sales per year, requires higher minimum bids and shorter lease periods, and dramatically reduces lease terms."
Read more: http://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2012/07/13/obamas_interior_department_still_going_rogue
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