U.S. Issues New Regulations on Offshore Drilling

[Wretched Excess]

"emergency rule making powers"?  they have been drilling in the gulf for 50 years, and there are thousands of offshore oil platforms there.  so, what's the emergency?

like everything with the obamites, I fear what is in the small print.  there is no difference between an outright ban and draconian enforcement of regulations made under "emergency rule makign powers".

U.S. Issues New Regulations on Offshore DrillingU.S. Issues New Regulations on Offshore Drilling
WASHINGTON — The Interior Department issued new safety and spill-response regulations for offshore oil and gas drilling on Thursday, but gave no hint of when the moratorium on deepwater operations will be lifted.

The new rules — governing blowout preventers, safety certification, well design, emergency response and worker training — provide offshore drillers with clarity on the terms under which drilling will resume when the current freeze ends. The main conditions had already been telegraphed by the department in a safety report issued in May and in two notices to offshore operators handed down in June, in response to the blowout of a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20.

That accident, which resulted in the worst offshore oil spill in American history, killed 11 rig workers and spewed nearly five million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar presented the new rules in a speech Thursday morning, calling them a fundamental change in offshore operations that will guide all future leasing and development decisions in the gulf, the Arctic and elsewhere.

The rules take effect immediately under emergency rule-making powers.

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[thundley4]

Yet Obama is loaning Mexico Billions of dollars to let them drill in the GoM. 

[true_blood]

Yet Obama is loaning Mexico Billions of dollars to let them drill in the GoM. 

EXACTLY!!!
Now, does this make sense?!? Dumbo gives Brazil and Mexico 2 billions EACH and the American job producing drilling platforms have a moratorium!? They don't drill, but Brazil and Mexico to get to drill and in DEEPER waters?!? Way to go dumbo. Just put us further into the demand for foreign oil.
EVERY move/policy this imposter does, goes against the American way.

[cavegal]

Rules, we don't need no stinkin' rules!