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Offline thundley4

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Judge Tells Government to Resume Permits for Drilling
« on: February 18, 2011, 06:47:25 AM »
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WASHINGTON — A federal judge in New Orleans on Thursday ordered the Obama administration to move quickly on permits for new deepwater oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico, saying that the government could no longer justify long delays in allowing new projects to go forward.

Judge Martin Feldman, of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, said that the Interior Department was required to act on drilling applications “within a reasonable time.”

“Not acting at all is not a lawful option,” Judge Feldman wrote, adding that the delays are “increasingly inexcusable” and were causing drilling companies to relocate their rigs to foreign waters.

The interior secretary, Ken Salazar, imposed a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the gulf immediately after the Deepwater Horizon explosion in April, which killed 11 workers and spilled nearly five million barrels of oil into the ocean. Judge Feldman declared the drilling ban illegal in June, but Mr. Salazar modified it slightly, and it remained in place until the department lifted it in October.

However, despite the official end of the ban, Mr. Salazar and the agency’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement have not issued any deepwater permits. The agency says that drillers have not yet demonstrated that they have the technology and safety practices in place to safely resume deepwater exploration. Some shallow-water permits have been issued.
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This administration is contemptible in so many ways.
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Re: Judge Tells Government to Resume Permits for Drilling
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2011, 07:00:50 AM »
....and they're selling oil from the Strategic Oil Reserve....we must be handicapped when the big middle eastern war starts....It's only fair, you know. :hammer:
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Re: Judge Tells Government to Resume Permits for Drilling
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2011, 08:33:21 AM »
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go5vK3tmksI[/youtube]

This regimes holds our federal courts in contempt. Why would they start obeying court orders now? That would be completely out of character. Hell, this regime holds this country in contempt! Hugo Chavez 0bama will not be deterred from his and the lefts agenda. No way, no how. Too bad there is no spine in the Repuke leadership. They should be all over this. Screw the democrat Main Stream news media.
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Re: Judge Tells Government to Resume Permits for Drilling
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2011, 08:42:40 AM »
In the meantime ...

Gulf oil company bankrupt, blames Obama's drilling moratorium

You have to know the regime is giving one another high-fives in the White House.
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Re: Judge Tells Government to Resume Permits for Drilling
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2011, 09:52:08 AM »
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Re: Judge Tells Government to Resume Permits for Drilling
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2011, 09:59:32 AM »
Quote from: Janice on February 18, 2011, 09:52:08 AM


Now why would Obama want to do that? 
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Re: Judge Tells Government to Resume Permits for Drilling
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2011, 06:04:29 PM »
Quote from: Janice on February 18, 2011, 08:42:40 AM
In the meantime ...

Gulf oil company bankrupt, blames Obama's drilling moratorium

You have to know the regime is giving one another high-fives in the White House.

Sounds like someone has standing to sue 0bama now over his illegal moratorium...
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