Posts Tagged ‘drilling moratorium’
Off shore drilling in the Gulf will continue…sort of
Late this afternoon the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dealt the Obama administration another blow. Obama’s drilling moratorium in the Gulf which had been declared “illegal” by United States District Court Judge Martin Feldman has now been declared to be “illegal” by the Fifth Circuit. This, of course, is good news for…
Read MoreObama administration kills both exports and jobs
In his State of the Union Address in January, President Obama declared that the United States needs to increase exports to other countries. And, of course, he declares repeatedly that we must increase employment in this country. Yet last Thursday, the administration, with one stroke of the pen, announced a decision that does neither. Bucyrus International,…
Read MoreGulf drilling moratorium: Part deux
As you know, Federal District Court Judge Martin Feldman on Tuesday issued an injunction prohibiting the government from enforcing its broad six month moratorium on drilling in the Gulf. But, the saga goes on. Later that day, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, in testimony before Congress, advised that he would soon be issuing a new, and…
Read MoreFederal Court lifts drilling moratorium-UPDATE: Hinderaker weighs in
Today a Federal District Court Judge in Louisiana lifted Obama’s 60 day drilling moratorium that prohibited all drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at depths greater than 500 feet of water. From what I have seen, the judge was singularly unimpressed with virtually all aspects of the governments argument.
Read MoreMississippi Governor Haley Barbour on drilling – don’t stop
Well here’s the question of the day. Should we stop deep water drilling until the cause of the New Horizon rig explosion is known? Two Gulf Governors say no.
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