Judge rules against Obama's six-month moratorium after Gulf spill
WASHINGTON - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday he will issue a new order imposing a moratorium on deepwater drilling after a federal judge struck down the existing one.
Salazar said in a statement that the new order will contain additional information making clear why the six-month drilling pause was necessary in the wake of the Gulf oil spill. The judge in New Orleans who struck down the moratorium earlier in the day complained there wasn't enough justification for it.
Salazar pointed to indications of inadequate industry safety precautions on deepwater wells.
"Based on this ever-growing evidence, I will issue a new order in the coming days that eliminates any doubt that a moratorium is needed, appropriate, and within our authorities."
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The Louisiana judge who struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deep water oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has reported extensive investments in the oil and gas industry, according to financial disclosure reports. He's also a new member of a secret national security court.
ReplyDeleteU.S. District Judge Martin Feldman, a 1983 appointee of President Ronald Reagan, reported owning less than $15,000 in stock in 2008 in Transocean Ltd., the company that owned the sunken Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
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most of us have investments in oil. alot of us just see it because all we see is "401k". imagine the chaos that would ensue, not to mention the explosion of fuel prices.
ReplyDeletebesides, all im reading into this is, "we are gonna make up numbers to show you why we are right...always."
10:17, the hard core right wingers are the masters of "making up" numbers and story lines to tear down their opposition.
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ReplyDeletefunny i thought the same about the hard core left-wingers...al gore comes to mind.
anyways, im sure we can agree both sides do it. after all, it IS politics. the bad thing about politics is there is too many politicians in it.
12:46, we'll agree on that one except I will also include that there are also too many people who take all the BS spewed as God's spoken truth.
ReplyDelete"U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman, a 1983 appointee of President Ronald Reagan, reported owning less than $15,000 in stock in 2008 in Transocean Ltd., the company that owned the sunken Deepwater Horizon drilling rig."
ReplyDeleteWhat's your point? This is less than many people owe on their credit cards. At least he reported which is hard to say about most Obama appointees.