Trump said to be gearing up for expanded Arctic oil exploration opportunities

Hot Air ^ | March 13,2017 | Jazz Shaw

[Hojczyk]

Still, some of the degradation in the process left behind by Barack Obama could be cleaned up fairly quickly. One aspect of that is found in the scheduling of new leases for drilling. (Bloomberg)

Senator Lisa Murkowski said President Donald Trump is interested in opening up new coastal waters for oil and gas drilling and reversing Obama-era policies that restrict energy development in Alaska.

Both Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke are weighing ways to expand opportunities to drill in Arctic waters though the changes could take years to accomplish administratively, Murkowski said in an interview on the sidelines of the CERAWeek conference in Houston.

“It’s fair to say we are looking at how we might be able to — how the administration might be able to — allow for opportunities within this important area, offshore Alaska,” Murkowski said.

Even the leasing process is subject to some stonewalling by liberals because before new grants of this nature are issued there is always a period of congressional review followed by public comment and hearings. These tend to get bogged down by the “Leave It in the Ground” crew and their well-funded lobbyists.

Still, with enough appropriate support in both chambers of Congress and an early start, new permits could conceivably be in the pipeline by the end of next year (pun intended).

[Hojczyk]

Make her vote for Obamacare repeal first and tax cuts

[CaptainAmiigaf]

Another wise move to insure that the United States of America remains, into the far future, absolutely INDEPENDENT regarding energy availability. Our society only exists as it does due to the overwhelming sources of energy.

[backwoods-engineer]

Drill it like Texas, baby!

[Daniel Ramsey]

After 25 years I’m getting ready to leave Alaska because of lack of work.

[KC_Lion]

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