Bush cartel 'Post-Katrina' so called 'energy policy' felt in Puget Sound!

[icymist]

Energy bill triggers oil-spill fears in Puget Sound
Inslee fights more tankers in Puget Sound

By CECILIA KANG
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

An energy bill expected to come before Congress this week could expose Puget Sound to unlimited oil tanker traffic and an increased risk of oil spills, a local lawmaker and environmental groups said Sunday.

Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., and environmental, civic and business leaders met in Seattle to discuss the Gasoline for America's Security Act, a bill that would reverse a 28-year-old law that protects Puget Sound by restricting tanker traffic and the capacity of oil refineries.

"We are greatly concerned," Inslee said. "We cannot take another tanker disaster. It would take Puget Sound years and years to recover, if ever."

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The bill follows a recent lawsuit brought by environmental and civic groups against oil giant British Petroleum after it built a pier at Cherry Point, near Blaine. In the case, an appeals court has decided to review whether the BP facility violates capacity regulations. If the energy bill passes, the company would avoid review, and the capacity limits on BP and other refiners would be lifted.

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[maxsolomon]

1. you nervous nellies make me sick

the oil industry has fixed the problem & there won't BE any more spills.

WDYHA?

:sarcasm:

[icymist]

3. Yeah. Call me a Nervous Nellie! Just took a trip across the sound this mor

Just too a trip across the Sound this morning... part of my commute when I' watching the house of a good friend. The Puget Sound was glorious ... full of rainbows and waves and wonderous mystery.

Why

Risk

This?

[maxsolomon]

4. you did see the sarcasm simile i just learned to use?

:yoiks:

[icymist]

5. Yes, I did see this, maxsoloman. I sorry if I upset you with my realism.

You see, I thought i being sarcasist as well with my discriptions of the sound. To be frank with you... I'm mad as Hell if their going to start doing this to ourr pristem waters.

[maxsolomon]

6. i'm not upset

see, i'm so seattle that i'm upset you might be upset that you think you upset me.

like if i barely brush against you on the street: i'm sorry! if i block your path in whole foods: i'm sorry!

i'm sorry!

[icymist]

7. Oh......... Well then, Okay.

Wherever..... In whole foods?? So be it!?! Wherever, you are forgivin and I am forgivin. Sppell check won't work with thiss computer. Ta ta!

[AlphaCat]

2. Sheesh!

Aren't they killing off our Orca's with the crap that's already here? We don't need more!