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Biden administration recommends oil drilling in Alaska
Associated Press ^ | February 1, 2023 | Becky Bohrer

Posted on 02/01/2023 1:34:36 PM PST by Olog-hai

The Biden administration issued a long-awaited study Wednesday that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope, and the move — while not final — drew immediate anger from environmentalists who saw it as a betrayal of the president’s pledges to reduce carbon emissions and promote clean energy sources.

ConocoPhillips Alaska had proposed five drilling sites, and the alternative proposed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management calls for up to three drill sites initially. Even as the land agency released its report, the U.S. Interior Department said in its own press release that it has “substantial concerns” about the Willow project.

The Bureau of Land Management, which falls under Interior, in the report also said that identifying a preferred alternative “does not constitute a commitment or decision” and notes it could select a different alternative in the final decision.

Opponents have raised concerns about the impacts of development on wildlife, such as birds and caribou, and efforts to address climate change. …

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: alaska; biden; bidenadm; drillbabydrill; energy; northslope; oil
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1 posted on 02/01/2023 1:34:36 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Um. Good? I think?


2 posted on 02/01/2023 1:35:38 PM PST by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Salman

Propaganda for 2024.


3 posted on 02/01/2023 1:37:53 PM PST by cp124 (80% of everything is fake or a lie.)
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To: Olog-hai
First, why not just finish the Keystone XL pipeline? It is almost finished anyway. There never has been such a complete asshat as Joe Biden. Never. He had no authority to stop Keystone XL anyway. It was one of his unconstitutional "executive orders".

4 posted on 02/01/2023 1:39:24 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Olog-hai

They won’t allow the serious work to start prior to Nov. 2024, then they’ll kill it.


5 posted on 02/01/2023 1:40:51 PM PST by BobL
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To: Olog-hai

Why? Does he realize it might be beneficial to the country? I can’t believe it will happen.


6 posted on 02/01/2023 1:43:19 PM PST by Spok (They lie, we know they lie, and they know that we know they are lying. And still they lie.)
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To: cp124
Bingo. Propaganda..

With the RIGHT hand Biden says "drill baby drill"..

With the LEFT hand Biden assists environmental groups who will fight relentlessly to SHUT IT DOWN.

This is like the student loan forgiveness road that leads to nowhere.

7 posted on 02/01/2023 1:46:14 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: Olog-hai

Bait for 2024 that action goes against all his actions.


8 posted on 02/01/2023 1:52:01 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: Vaduz

That’s okay. France and Germany suddenly started mining coal again . . .


9 posted on 02/01/2023 1:52:47 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Drill, baby drill... is just words...

while the president prepares the SOTU speech and soon after announces running for president again...

Meanwhile, he knows that drilling takes time to get going... and by the time the campaigns are over...

he does a Peanuts move and pulls away the football at the end of the campaigning, if he, by some miracle (aka: stealing the election again) wins a second term.


10 posted on 02/01/2023 1:54:58 PM PST by adorno
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Just remember that nothing is mentioned about the intended destination of this oil if drilled.


11 posted on 02/01/2023 1:56:41 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
All of the previous 'concerns' over birds and wildlife/caribou have PROVEN to be rubbish.

Alaska North Slope

and

Equivalent area in Russia

I have personally been to both the Komi Republic and the North Slope of Alaska. Cannot compare the two.

Images are supersized so you can see any spilled oil - or complete lack thereof....

12 posted on 02/01/2023 2:05:49 PM PST by ASOC (This space for rent)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
why not just finish the Keystone XL pipeline?

That ship has sailed. The Canadians got tired of US government farting around with it and made other arrangements.

13 posted on 02/01/2023 2:07:19 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: ASOC


14 posted on 02/01/2023 2:12:59 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Olog-hai

The United States is now producing >12 million barrels per day with WTI at $76.70. The price may need to edge up a bit to get new fields in Alaska into production.


15 posted on 02/01/2023 2:15:41 PM PST by Round Earther
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To: Olog-hai

Let me guess, they’ll allow drilling in locations that make no economic sense to drill.


16 posted on 02/01/2023 2:24:49 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Olog-hai

France is now a net exporter of electricity .
With 44 reactors now finally reconnected out of 56, France’s nuclear power availability has hit 73.7 percent. Great news.


17 posted on 02/01/2023 2:34:28 PM PST by USA-FRANCE
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To: Olog-hai

Sounds like a weasel fart.

Smells like a weasel fart.

Yup.
Hot stank air signifying nothing .

Aka
Verbal Joe droppings.


18 posted on 02/01/2023 2:35:23 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Olog-hai

Cost cutting...Dept of Interior. Leave it to the states.


19 posted on 02/01/2023 2:35:24 PM PST by arizonarick
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To: Olog-hai
…and the move — while not final — drew immediate anger from environmentalists who saw it as a betrayal of the president’s pledges to reduce carbon emissions and promote clean energy sources.

Oooooh, anger!

Screw those brain-dead, spoiled, virtue-signaling, low IQ wankers.

(This is just 2024 election pandering, anyway.)

20 posted on 02/01/2023 2:38:28 PM PST by Allegra
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