Dateline, March 31, 2010: Obama Ends Ban On East Coast Offshore Drilling - NPR

[WillyT]

Now to be fair, this was the administration's attempt to get Republican support for an Energy Bill that might eventually get us off the oil teet. But to me, there are some things that you cannot compromise on.

Obama Ends Ban On East Coast Offshore Drilling
by Scott Neuman
March 31, 2010

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President Obama announced the end of a decades-old ban on oil and gas drilling along much of the U.S. Atlantic coast and northern Alaska on Wednesday, as part of an effort to reduce foreign imports and win support for an energy and climate bill.

The changes in policy would allow drilling on tracts as close as 50 miles to the Virginia shore, and end a longstanding moratorium on drilling from Delaware to central Florida. Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico would be expanded eastward, and swaths north of Alaska would be opened up.

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Link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125378223

And then... just 20 days later...

Consider it a warning...

:shrug:

[babylonsister]

1. This is news? Yes, he fucked up, as we've been reminded over and

over and over again, but let's try that one more time, k?

[WillyT]

2. Just Doing My Part To Make Sure They Rescind This Mistake, And...

NEVER DO IT AGAIN.

And I'm quicker and cheaper then the commission they are putting together.

:shrug: