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The Obama administration says it is complying with a judge's ruling overturning a moratorium on new drilling in the Gulf, so a motion to enforce the order by opponents of the moratorium should be denied, The Associated Press reports:
The Justice Department says in court papers that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has instructed all employees to not take any action to enforce the moratorium. It also says the department is sending letters to operators who received notices of suspension that those notices have no legal effect at this time.
The government is seeking a delay in the ruling overturning the moratorium while it appeals the decision. The moratorium had halted approval of any new permits for deep water projects and suspended drilling on 33 exploratory wells.
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Unbelieveable! (That anyone is surprised that is..) After 18 years of holding up Democratic appointments while dumb but fair minded Democrats have allowed most of the Republican appointment to take the bench, we now have a judiciary that takes the corporate side in every matter.
We elected republicans because a significant minority care about guns and imposing their religious views on others without reguard to stuff that is really important. Well the joke is on all of us because Republicans don't care about life (especially yours), and the NRA gives their lists to the RNC to make canvass sheets, so when your having a gun is no longer convenient to them they will just drop by an pick them up.
why don't they just make all of them resubmit their disaster plan as they have all said they can't do anything better then the one that's going on that should shut all of them down for a while at a minimum. since so many of them have taken their plan from the same source all that have used it should be put on hold till a ful review can be done
If some of these people in Louisiana dont care about their safety..then why should anyone else at this point? I know that sounds harsh but its time for people in this country to start taking accountibility for themselves. Eleven people died on that rig, or have people forgotten? That moratorium would have only effected 33 rigs out of the hundreds off the Gulf Coast, there was a fund set up for those who would not be working through those months, if thats not enough then thats just too bad. If another oil spill happens, or they cant stop this one, then they have no one to blame but themselves at this point. And stop blaming the current President for their problems that they seem not to want to solve. im tired of the ignorance and greed in this country.
Jay talks about "taking responsibility for ourselves" and yet all I hear out of this administration is "problems I inherited." If you want "lead by example" you're not going to find it in the White House.
At a minimum, the 33 rigs with plans to drill in deep water ought to be required to show that they have adequate blow out prevention equipment to make a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon incident impossible. Only then should the existing permitted rigs be allowed to drill. Looking forward, no additional permits should be approved until MMS comes up with new regulations for offshore drilling that will prevent a future catastrophe of this kind.
The EPA should have power over a judge on the matter of the Gulf Of mexico oil spill. He should be fined,X amount of dollars for not stepping in to save the Enviroment. He is part to blame. This is an urgent matter and needs to be taken serious. His judgement is for the oil companies and the tax dollars it brings and the jobs they offer. Hope he get tossed out of office. What about the Gulf waters and all the living things in it, they are dying from the oil. Wake up america we are killing all forms of life. The Judge must have stock in the oil or they support him in some way. Peoples saftey should be first. Not Big Business. The person with the most power and money always get their way like a spoiled child. What if the oil spill was in your back yard.