Here we go again (ANWR)

[fedupinBushcountry]

They are going to do whatever they want no matter what. BASTARDS !!!

Interior Department to Open Alaskan Land to Oil Drilling
Environmentalists Question Statement That Exploration Can Have Minimal Impact on Wildlife

By Justin Blum
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 12, 2006; A08

The Interior Department yesterday agreed to open about 400,000 acres on Alaska's North Slope for exploratory oil drilling, an area that previously had been off limits because of concerns about the impact on wildlife.

Officials said they would lease acreage in the northeastern corner of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil companies to provide access to domestic oil supplies.

"We recognize . . . the energy needs of this nation," said Susan Childs, an official with the Bureau of Land Management. "So, hopefully, this will alleviate some of the pressure."

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/11/AR2006011102211_pf.html

[_dynamicdems]

1. WTF! @#$#%@%$

The frigging ASSHOLES!

[Island Blue]

2. Friggin' bastards!

I hate this administration and everyone connected with them. I don't want to, but I do.

For some reason I didn't realize until I read it the other day that the entire area of ANWAR that they want to open up is an area the size of the state of South Carolina. South Carolina is not a tiny state. Friggin' bastards!

[_dynamicdems]

8. This pisses me off so much. And it has to happen just when Kerry is

out of the country! It took everyone by surprise. SNEAKY frigging bastards! I'm on just about every ANWR alert there is and not one word yet from any of them...it was done that fast and that covert, no doubt. DAMN TO HELL THAT ASSHOLE WITH THE STUPID TIE (who I am too pissed to mention by name).

[TayTay]

9. They want ANWR as well.

Don't kid yourself. These people probably do not even consider this as part of the ANWR problem. They want it all and they want it for their friends at the cheapest possible price. That's who and what they are. It's all about the money.

[ProSense]

3. Gale Norton, not mentioned

Secretary of the Interior, upholder of Bush policy, that's where the problem begins and ends.

Interesting statement from article:

"The area near Teshekpuk Lake was put off limits to drilling during the Reagan administration. The Clinton administration expanded the restricted area."


Bush doesn't give a damn.

[rox63]

4. They are doing this despite the vote against it?

By what authority? King George the Idiot's? :grr: :grr: :grr:

[TayTay]

5. It's probably a different land mass

ANd so is not subject to the specific ANWR provisions. The Bushies have opened a lot of federal land to development with the stroke of a pen. The really interesting things to watch are who gets awarded the contracts and how much the leases sell for. There have been a lot of horrible deals in which the leases go for cheap prices, there are no real enforcement deals that really put teeth into cleanup agreements and the feds don't really get anything for this precious resource. Sigh. This is what the Bushies do.

[karynnj]

6. It sounds though like the Reagan administration,

not known for its environmental activism, protected it to protect the wilderness itself. With any luck, it will be like other areas already open that aren't being exploited because it is too expensive to do.

It is amazing that they eagerly nearly give away federal lands - they are a bunch of creeps.

[sandnsea]

7. Here's a map

In this link anyway. It's not ANWR, it's another area that had been protected previously. Specifically Teshekpuk Lake, which had always been kept out of drilling because it's a goose molting area for 30% of certain geese in the Pacific Flyway.

http://www.wilderness.org/Library/Documents/AlaskaNorthSlopeDrilling.cfm

More:
http://www.audubon.org/chapter/ak/ak/

[_dynamicdems]

10. Thanks for the link. ::going to check this out::

[_dynamicdems]

11. Here is another link that is interesting.

I'm not a scientist, but I like to keep up on what the scientists are saying. There is recent volcanic activity in Alaska and I think this is an interesting site to monitor. Yes, AK is a huge state and the activity may be far removed from any potential drilling (or now...haven't gotten that far), but it is a good idea to know as much as possible about the geology of the state and it is interesting in any case.

http://www.avo.alaska.edu

[wisteria]

12. They won't be happy until every bit of oil is pumped out of every

piece of land in this country. No matter the distruction of land and wildlife-it doesn't matter - only the oil matters and the $$$$ that possibly comes from it. They keep on pushing the bullshit about energy needs and drilling being the solution when the real problem is they don't want to face the real solutions to our energy problems and are interested in only one thing- the dollars this drilling might generate.

I absolutely despise these SOBs!!!!!!