Obama administration to proceed with offshore drilling

[Ban Hammer 13,109]

Yeah but in Clintons defense. Why have that power if you can't abuse it. My only gripe was why Monica? Or even some of those other ladies. I seen Clinton once at stop and the ladies were going ape over him. He could have chosen any of them and he picks Monica?

Look at what he married. He doesn't have good taste.

[luckytxn 2,264]

I actually knew the answer Charles but thanks for grossing me out anwyway.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposal issued in the final days of the Bush administration to expand offshore drilling in previously banned areas will move forward under the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama, an Interior Department spokesman told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Hugh Vickery, a department spokesman, said the department has been notified by the White House that it will be able to proceed with a proposed draft of a five-year plan to lease areas in the Atlantic and Pacific waters for oil and natural gas drilling.

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The Interior Department estimates that the Outer Continental Shelf holds 86 billion barrels of oil and 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas that have yet to be discovered. It is possible U.S. offshore areas, which have not been explored in 25 years, could contain more oil and gas.

Separately, Vickery said the department's plan to develop oil shale fields in the western United States would also continue.

http://www.reuters.com/article/environment...E50K68520090121

Time to jump on the bandwagon with the drilling companies..........

2 comes to mind.........Precision Drilling, and Diamond Offshore...........

[Tahoma 2,291]

I'm troubled by the appointment of Ken Salazar as Secretary of the Interior. He's not exactly "Mr. Sustainability". He could not even support a simple raising of CAFE standards. However, it remains to be seen whether or not he will follow the President's green(er) energy and environmental policies.

As for off-shore drilling; didn't Congress last year agree to open areas for exploration and drilling which are more than 50 miles offshore (or, was it over 100 miles offshore)? Are these the same areas that we are talking about now? I believe that the areas closer to shore are still off limits to drilling. The original posting and the links did not seem to distinguish between the two areas. Anyone?

[luckytxn 2,264]

Can't have graft if things are placed off limits totally.