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President Obama Opposes Alaska Oil and Gas Development Bill

Just over a month ago, President Obama spoke of a plan to open up development in Alaska's national petroleum reserve and in some areas offshore in the Lower 48. However, this opening of development was centered, in part, around speeding up environmental assessments, which could possibly mean that the EPA could just say "no" a little more quickly.

Now, the Obama administration is singing a different tune in objecting to a proposal from the Natural Resource Commitee--the Alaska Oil and Gas Development bill. President Obama's proposal in June and calls to extend offshore leases now don' t address the true problem like the proposed bill in Congress, which focuses more on permits than leases. Leases cannot be acted upon if permits are not also approved to provide the necessary infrastructure for drilling, especially in these areas of Alaska. Congressman Hastings of Washington notes:

But House Republicans said the administration wasn't going far enough. "Producing oil and natural gas in the NPR-A is pointless if there's no way to get it out of there," said Rep. Doc Hastings, Republican of Washington. "The real problem is the federal government's blocking and delaying of permits for necessary roads, bridges and pipelines needed to transport the energy out of the [reserve]."

LINK: Flippy-floppy.....

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As with Obama waivers....."Political considerations were “absolutely not” part of the decision"....mmm'k