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Blanco (D, La) sues federal agency over offshore environmental damage
The Associated Press NOLA via Dead Pelican ^
| 7/20/2006, 3:16 p.m. ct
| The Associated Press
Posted on 07/20/2006 1:53:55 PM PDT by chemicalman
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Gov. Kathleen Blanco sued the federal government on Thursday in an ongoing dispute over Louisiana's share of federal royalties generated by oil production off the state's coastline.
The suit accuses the federal Mineral Management Service of disregarding the environmental damage caused by oil and gas exploration, particularly after the damage done to the coastline last year by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Blanco seeks an injunction blocking a scheduled Aug. 15 lease of 4,000 blocks in the western Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: blanco; bush; energy; environment; fema; katrina; la; landrieu; louisiana; rita
Worstest guvner in the US and getting worster. (Have at it! My mental spellcheck went out).
To: chemicalman
Can I sue the state of La for more than doubleing my homeowners insurance when I didn't have a claim from those storms last year?
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posted on
07/20/2006 1:59:17 PM PDT
by
chemicalman
(Doing my part to maintain global warming.)
To: chemicalman
Gov. Kathleen Blanco sued the federal government on Thursday in an ongoing dispute over Louisiana's share of federal royalties generated by oil production off the state's coastlineIn other words, this is about money only, and Blanco's lawsuit is nothing but a lie and a pretext wrapped inside of a fraud upon the court...
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posted on
07/20/2006 2:01:36 PM PDT
by
The Electrician
("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
To: chemicalman
It is a known fact that offshore oil rigs have been a boon to the wildlife environment. The marine population thrives because the oil rigs are there.
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posted on
07/20/2006 2:01:54 PM PDT
by
El Gran Salseron
(The FR Canteen's World Famous Resident Equal Opportunity Male Chauvinist Pig! Got it? :-))
To: chemicalman
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posted on
07/20/2006 2:06:12 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(an enemy of islam)
To: El Gran Salseron
reel good fishing and diving around these platforms.
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posted on
07/20/2006 2:06:57 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(an enemy of islam)
To: chemicalman
This is the scheme that even some LA freepers have been advocating, where LA seeks to in effect slap a tax increase to all oil and gas produced in their state.
If this move is successful, LA will have a new revenue source, and thus ALL pending and pledged federal funds related to Katrina should immediately cease and be cancelled.
Can't have the cake and eat it, too.
To: chemicalman
I'm not so sure about the "wurstest" part. We in Arkansas are stuck with Huckabee. She is running firstest, though, in the stoopid column.
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posted on
07/20/2006 2:14:36 PM PDT
by
thelastvirgil
(Incumbent politicians: PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE.)
To: Diddle E. Squat
If the rigs are beyond the states 3 mile limit they shouldn't a cent of royalty's.
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posted on
07/20/2006 2:15:53 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: El Gran Salseron
Yep, the oil rigs make good fishing and diving sites.
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posted on
07/20/2006 2:33:24 PM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody want a peanut.....)
To: chemicalman
She will be re-elected, mark my words.
Glad I'm moving to FL next week!!
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posted on
07/20/2006 4:04:27 PM PDT
by
CrawDaddyCA
(Tancredo/Paul 2008)
To: dalereed
They is. Read up on the Tidewaters case.
Louisiana's greed sunk it years ago when Judge Perez reneged on a deal for 50% and tried for 100%. The case when to the Supreme Court and Louisiana lost.
To: thelastvirgil; chemicalman
We in Illinois have Blagojevich. What a doorknob.
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posted on
07/20/2006 5:06:21 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.)
To: Diddle E. Squat
If this move is successful, LA will have a new revenue source.........and the politicians and politically connected will not be able to control the drooling. Even if it is sucessful move, Louisiana will still be at the bottom of all the lists. Sad because there are many good citizens of that state - just not enough to drive out the robber barons.
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posted on
07/20/2006 10:05:02 PM PDT
by
daybreakcoming
("We will not tire. We will not falter. We will not fail")
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