http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/oildrilling/ en-us Fri, 15 May 2009 01:59:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251266/posts SACRAMENTO – Among the proposals in the Capital A austere revised budget Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled May 14 is collecting $100 million by allowing new oil drilling in state waters off the California coast for the first time in 40 years. Awarding the lease would nullify a January ruling by the three-person State Lands Commission, which regulates drilling in the first three miles off the California coast. The commission rejected the lease sought by the Plains Exploration and Production Company to drill in Tranquillon Ridge, offshore from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc on a 2 to 1 vote, despite... California'sCapitol.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251266/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 01:59:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2212942/posts I don't think that anyone wants to destroy the US Coastline at ANY Cost. Even those who want use to exploit our energy resources. The fact is Offshore drilling technology has gotten much easier on the environment. Scientists know two things, first all the estimates of reserves on the US continental shelf are probably UNDERSTATED, after all its been thirty years since they have been allowed to take a really good look with the most modern technology. The other thing that scientists know (and that you rarely hear about from the MSM is that when there are leakages that cause... CNSNEWS/Yidwithlid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2212942/posts#comment Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:38:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212837/posts The ban on offshore oil drilling that expired last September will be restored by “any means necessary,” Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), who serves on both the House Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, told CNSNews.com on Friday. Inslee, who participated in a conference entitled "Planning for a Secure Energy Future” sponsored by the Washington Post, also recommended a ban on future drilling in the arctic, where he says there is a “gold rush” for oil uncovered by melting ice caps. But Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), who serves on the House Select Committee on Energy... cnsnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212837/posts#comment Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:03:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2198646/posts Last week when President Obama laid out his budget the message he gave was very clear. The President willing to drastically mess with the economy to protect the environment. Obama keeps making the excuse that alternative fuel sources will help free us from foreign oil suppliers. That claim was just another lie by the President. At the same time he was making his speech his secretary of the interior was canceling 77 Utah oil and gas leases that had gone through seven years of studies, negotiations and land-use planning. In an instant, he eliminated hundreds of jobs, terminated access to... IBD/Yidwithlid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2198646/posts#comment Wed, 4 Mar 2009 02:12:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2184071/posts Here is a new one for the books; Today, the Congress will vote on the stimulus bill that came out of committee yesterday. The bill is 800+ pages long. Think about it for a second, how many of those who will cast their votes today have read the bill or even know whats on it? Congress is rushing this bill through, because the President is pushing them to act quickly. That's why you see congress acting more like a bunch of sailors on a drunken binge, than people with whom we've entrusted fiduciary responsibility. While the President is rushing to... Hamptons Roads/Yidwithlid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2184071/posts#comment Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:50:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165556/posts The Senate on Thursday approved a sweeping conservation measure as it tries to reverse years of rollbacks in environmental protection by the administration of outgoing President George W. Bush. On a vote of 73-21, it passed a package of nearly 170 land and water bills and sent it to the House of Representatives, which was expected to give it final approval. Barack Obama is set to sign it into law after he is sworn in as president on Tuesday, one of the first moves in what is likely to be a more aggressive approach toward the environment. Democratic Sen. Jeff... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165556/posts#comment Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:44:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2158544/posts Nothing Screams "Drill Here Drill Now" more than this story. Mirfeysal Bagherzadeh, a brigadier-general of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards and head of one of the country's "Islamic Police" called for a repeat of the 1972 Oil Embargo. He demanded that OPEC Countries should cut off of Oil Supplies to Israel's allies. Thirty-six years ago, the Islamic countries shut off Oil supplies to the US because of friendship with Israel. In the intervening years we have done nothing to prevent another embargo. We have enough Oil reserves to supply the US with fuel for over 100 years, yet we still refuse... Yidwithlid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2158544/posts#comment Sun, 4 Jan 2009 17:54:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141345/posts A Florida tourism group has dropped its long-standing opposition to offshore oil and gas drilling, saying that a cheap national fuel supply would trigger a boom for the Sunshine State's No. 1 industry. When gasoline prices skyrocketed to more than $4 per gallon this summer tourist spots such as Florida suffered, as would-be vacationers stayed home. So in response, the Florida Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus (FACVB) has adopted a new policy that encourages a "comprehensive, long-term energy policy" that includes increased oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida's coast. Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141345/posts#comment Tue, 2 Dec 2008 12:09:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137917/posts 10. Land use -- Review executive orders concerning the Antiquities Act designations of lands by the government. Under Bill Clinton, millions of acres of lands were locked up by executive fiat and, because these actions were not established by law, they can be undone by executive action of a subsequent President. 9. Oil drilling -- Continue to push the Outer Continental Shelf planning process so that newly opened OCS acreage can be leased for future oil drilling. 8. Oil shale leasing -- Issue the final leasing regulations for oil shale leasing in the Western United States. Without these, the U.S.... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137917/posts#comment Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:32:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136707/posts November 21, 2008 Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/November/08-crm-1041.html Aibel Group Ltd. Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery and Agrees to Pay $4.2 Million in Criminal Fines WASHINGTON – Aibel Group Ltd. (Aibel Group), a United Kingdom corporation, today pleaded guilty to violating the antibribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced. At a hearing before U.S. District Judge Lynn N. Hughes in the Southern District of Texas, Aibel Group pleaded guilty to a two-count superseding information charging a conspiracy to violate the FCPA and a violation... US DOJ.GOV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136707/posts#comment Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:58:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094404/posts Amid the energy crisis, Democrats are losing the high ground on the environment to a GOP that is pushing oil drilling. As the election enters its endgame, Democrats and their environmental allies face a political challenge they could hardly have imagined just a few months ago. America's growing dependence on fossil fuels, once viewed as a Democratic trump card held alongside the Iraq war and the deflating economy, has become a lodestone instead. Republicans stole the energy issue from Democrats by proposing expanded drilling -- particularly lifting bans on offshore oil drilling -- to bring down gasoline prices. Whereas Barack... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094404/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:46:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086906/posts The European Union has declared it does not oppose drilling for oil and gas at the North Pole. But officials have said techniques will have to be developed to make drilling safe for the local environment, which has been named by conservation groups as being highly fragile. Nature organisations, like the World Wide Fund for Nature, prefer alternative energy sources to be used. The Artic is rich in valuable raw materials and Russia, Norway, Denmark, Canada and the United States want to secure their share of the region. In May next year, they will be able to submit an ownership... Baltimore News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086906/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:02:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2084950/posts Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi led the charge and rallied her troops to stop any notion the Republicans have of expanding oil drilling in an effort to make the country less dependent on foreign crude. She and her cohorts abandoned Washington, turned off the lights and shut the microphones off at the Capitol building, leaving Republican lawmakers literally standing in the dark talking to each other about the importance of expanding domestic oil drilling. What a difference a few weeks makes. Poll after poll reveals the American people want expanded domestic oil drilling, and they want it now. Democratic... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2084950/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:19:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2069438/posts We need to tell our Representatives and our Senators who are running for reelection this year we won't vote for them unless they vote to authorize drilling for oil in Alaska, off shore, in national parks and in my back yard. I doubt that anyone would want to drill for oil in my backyard, but Congress shouldn't prevent oil companies from drilling for oil where ever it may be. Drilling for new oil is part of the solution for the emerging fuel shortage. Another part is development of alternative biofuels. Backward Democrats oppose drilling for new oil because it might... Town Hall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2069438/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:09:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059968/posts It amazes me how Congress fails to recognize the difficulties caused by importing 70 percent of our oil then refuses to do anything about that dependency. The problem of appeasing foreign dictators will not end anytime soon because full implementation of alternatives to oil may not be in place for many years. Allen West, candidate for Congressional District 22, advocates ending our dependency through immediate drilling in America and development of alternative sources simultaneously. I know people claim that it would take 10 years from deciding to drill to getting gas into the pipeline. So, I investigated that claim. Historically,... Palm Beach Post Letter to Editor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059968/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:51:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056999/posts For those of you watching the Republicans in their oil standoff in Congress on Twitter, this may be of some interest. Hope none of us has gotten this attack yet. Article is linked due to being unsure of copyright issues. ZDNet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056999/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:00:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056637/posts Where is the constitutional authority that empowers the federal government to ban offshore oil drilling, much less save the planet? Answer: There is none. It's an extra-constitutional power they gave themselves. According to this 2006 Congressional Research Service report, it's based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), a treaty that has NOT been ratified by the United States: Federal Jurisdiction. While a signatory to UNCLOS III, the United States has not ratified the treaty. Regardless, many of its provisions are now generally accepted principles of customary international law and, through a series of... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056637/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 04:48:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054063/posts Story Highlights NEW: Speaker Pelosi calls drilling proposal a "hoax"; oil speculation bill fails Republicans want expanded oil production to be part of any solution Democrats bring bill extending renewable-energy tax credits to Senate floor GOP wants to expand offshore drilling; Dems oppose lifting offshore drilling ban WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republicans on Wednesday pressured congressional Democrats for a vote to lift a ban on offshore drilling before Congress begins its summer recess. The partisan fight over offshore drilling has stalled efforts to pass legislation meant to lower high gas prices before Congress adjourns for its monthlong break at the end... cnn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054063/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:36:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045941/posts Congressman Ron Klein is disappointed that President Bush has been "short-sighted" in lifting the executive ban on off-shore drilling. We are disappointed with Congressman Klein. With a complete lack of initiative or imagination, he continues to give us the Nancy Pelosi/far left talking-point response— the truly short-sighted policy. If we had not listened to every administration since Jimmy Carter, America could have been energy independent long ago. And yes, if we develop our own natural resources—ALL of them— the speculators will see that events in the Middle East will have little effect on our supply, which will then be reflected... Allen West for Congress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045941/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:32:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045531/posts Rising energy prices have prompted President George to rescind an executive order enacted by his father and extended by President Bill Clinton to ban offshore drilling. “The time for action is now,” President George W. Bush said in a Rose Garden speech Monday afternoon. A memorandum signed by the President rescinds former President George H.W. Bush’s 1990 executive order drafted in response to pressure from the environmental lobby after a 3 million gallon oil spill off the coast of California in 1969. The current President Bush argued “advances in technology have made it possible to have the oil production out... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045531/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:59:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041946/posts A recent Gallup poll revealed that 57 percent of Americans want to open previously untouched territories to oil drilling. A Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll had the number of Americans in favor at 59 percent. I would suspect that as gasoline prices rise, the percentage of Americans in favor of new drilling will too. There is an estimated 17.8 billion barrels of oil located off American shores that is currently off limits to oil companies. According to federal data, that’s about the same as 10 years worth of current U.S. oil production, and approximately 76 trillion cubic feet of natural... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041946/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:01:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036910/posts It may be less efficient and more intrusive than other forms of alternative energy, but harnessing the power of wind is “every bit as serious” as other options, according to MSNBC “Countdown” host Keith Olbermann and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. “This [supporting corn-based ethanol] is a problem, not Obama’s best thing, but you know nuclear – there is this notion on the right that nuclear is serious and wind is not,” Krugman said on Olbermann’s show June 25. “But the fact of the matter, given what we know, wind is every bit as serious, and maybe more so,... Business & Media Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036910/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:58:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2035694/posts The other day I posted “WHO TO BLAME” for our fuel costs. That would be the Democratic Party and three influential people (John Flicker at 212-979-3000, Frances Beinecke at 212-727-2700, and Von Noppen at 510-550-6700) destroying this country under the guise of protecting the environment. And let’s cut to the chase, the Democratic Party is not an American party anymore. It’s a Marxist Party and the problem we’re in is a government created one through decades of the Democratic (Marxist) Party incrementally restricting access to our own natural resources, onshore and off by selling a bunch of lies to the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2035694/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:32:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2034026/posts The conventional punditry on McCain's call to end the ban on offshore oil exploration has focused on whether President Bush's suppport for the idea will hurt McCain in the fall. But that could change, and soon, if what's happened in just the past few days develops into a real trend: Sen. Jim Webb announced he now supports exploration off the coast of Virginia. Ex-Gov. Mark Warner also supports opening up the Virginia coastline to possible drilling. Meanwhile, the latest Gallup survey shows Democrats are split on offshore drilling, with 39% in support while 59% still oppose. Better yet, it's an... thenextright.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2034026/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:30:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032681/posts Behold, a miracle: Public anger over $4 gas is forcing at least some of our political class to confront their energy contradictions. Last week, Republicans Jim Walsh of New York and Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland -- two longstanding opponents of offshore drilling -- asked for a mulligan. We can now add John McCain to the roll: In a speech in Houston yesterday, the Senator finally came out in favor of increasing domestic energy supplies. This is progress, even if it did come dressed in some of Mr. McCain's familiar policy confusions. In the past, the Republican has been a chief... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032681/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:56:50 GMT