'Huge decisions' loom on Arctic drilling, Salazar says

Anchorage Daily News ^ | September 4th, 2010 12:51 AM | ELIZABETH BLUEMINK

[Species8472]

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Friday while visiting Anchorage that he plans to make critical decisions related to proposed drilling in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas in the coming months.

In his three-day visit to Alaska this week, Salazar flew over the two seas and visited Barrow and several oil developments on the North Slope in advance of making what he called "huge decisions that loom on the horizon" for the Arctic.

Shell Oil, for example, hopes to explore on its offshore leases in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas next summer. Salazar decided not to sign off on the company's application to drill this year in light of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Salazar wouldn't give a firm timeline on his decision on Shell's proposed drilling project during a press conference Friday. He said the federal agency is still awaiting expert reports that will tell it whether the federal and oil-spill response requirements for offshore oil exploration are adequate.

[Species8472]

Doing to Alaska what he did for Louisiana (Oil States Bad)

[Sequoyah101]

No huge decisions for saladbar and obastard... don’t drill and do the deed by unconstitutional law, executive order or just plain stonewalling of permits and intimidation of the bureaurats who are to review and issue the permits.

No decisions at all to be made at all.

Thanks a lot BP. I’ll add that the Horizon event has not humbled BP employees one bit. As a service to to the industry the company needs to go.

[the_Watchman]

Could this be code? As in “Huge decisions” require “huge” campaign contributions?

[beethovenfan]

Let me guess - “No, you can’t drill”.

[The Duke]

...and I’m sure the next Republican administration will be making those decisions. In the meantime, let’s all enjoy the hunger that accompanies the policies of the socialists.

[gov_bean_ counter]

he plans to make critical decisions related to proposed drilling in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas in the coming months.

Bull Sh!t. It is Obie's call and this in just one more made for media dog and pony show...

[Parley Baer]

Yet another one of Obama’s buffoons. These clowns are killing the country.

[taildragger]

It will be a head fake, we let you drill and you let cap and trade through so our SEIU felon goons can come out case you place while they install solar panels. And their is a new dept of on shore dirlling to make sure all safety rules are met and it will be headed by some Fannie-Freddie retread like Franklin Raines or Jammie Gorelick.

NOT !!!!

Yes I am that cynical...

[mountainlion]

Saladczar also destroyed the oil shale in Colorado. He gets lots of support form the thugs at Serra club. Serra club sued the forest service to stop some blown down dead trees form being logged and caused the beetle kill epidemic in trees in Colorado

[VTenigma]

A little off topic, but does anyone know why the FBI is on the ship that is lifting the blowout preventer off the BP well in the gulf right now?

[Sequoyah101]

The Engleman Spruce thing? Yeah, let perfectly good timber rot and encourage destructive invasive insects. Smart.

Greed and Stupidity. When they act in concert you have a real disaster in the making.

[mountainlion]

Over 100,000 acres of forest blew down in a micro burst in western Colorado and the Forest Service under the supervision of Serra club decided it would be better to have a pine beetle infestation.

[mountainlion]

A little off topic, but does anyone know why the FBI is on the ship that is lifting the blowout presenter off the BP well in the gulf right now?

They could have jurisdiction if the well far enough out to sea and out of state jurisdiction.

[JPG]

Salazar is in his element. He's a simpering, lefty, eco-loon who just loves strutting around barking orders to ensure that America does not become energy independent.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Species8472.

Shell Oil, for example, hopes to explore on its offshore leases in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas next summer.

[hinckley buzzard]

What does one expect from a police state, but police?

[Night Hides Not]

Bull Sh!t. It is Obie's call and this in just one more made for media dog and pony show...

Obama's Cabinet won't defecate until the Messiah tells them to.

[Balata]

It’s OK O, I’ve got my boot on their throat.

[Enchante]

these should be “no brainer” decisions except that the no-brainers of the left can’t even handle the obvious

[JimSEA]

Now that a producing well “blew up” in the gulf, they have ample justification to put the lid on everything in the Arctic. Justification that convinces Progressives anyhow.

[WOSG]

We need “drill here, drill now” and we get “Drill nowhere and drill never”

[Nachum]

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[FreedomFighter1013]

Minister of mincing, ken saladbar should stop being such a panty-waist. We should drill and mine every bit of fossil fuel and pay off our debt with the proceeds. What a ship of fools. geesh.