The Obama administration plans to reverse the offshore-drilling policy it had announced in March, pre-BP spill. Offshore drilling will instead continue to be severely constrained. From the Washington Post:
Obama administration officials will announce Wednesday afternoon they will not allow offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as part of the next five-year drilling plan, according to sources briefed on the plan, reversing two key policy changes President Obama announced in late March.
During that announcement — less than a month before the BP oil spill — Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said they would open up the eastern Gulf and parts of the Atlantic, including off the coast of Virginia, to offshore oil and gas exploration.
WHAT?!?
This administration says one thing then when the winds change direction changes their tune again?
Count me shocked! (not)
I never believed them when they hinted they would open the shoreline and I'm not surprised but this "reversal".
When Gibbs stands at the podium and says; "the sky is blue", I've grown accostumed to looking out the window and thinking, "Heck! Now I have to have my eyes checked AGAIN 'cause I swore that was a blue sky out there!"
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis must be part of that canny triangulation strategy I've been hearing about.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseEnergy insecurity is the millstone around the neck of our economic recovery. It undermines confidence going forward and actively drains pocketbooks today. Get serious about energy and then watch the economy revive.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"next five-year drilling plan"
So we have five-year plans now. That's nice to know.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis is directly related to the ""Apples, oranges, and bananas don't mate," theory.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNo drilling, no serious exploration, no new nukes, but the Luddite environmentalists and green energy charlatans are happy and that's what matters.
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