Tom Kirkman + 8,860 May 12, 2019 The "Keep Oil & Gas in the Ground Forever" brigade in California should be jacking up the "Not In My Back Yard" screeching and foaming at mouth shortly. Remember the matra... Oil & Gas are Eeeeeevil Trump is Eeeeevil NIMBY Kumbaya Revived proposal for new oil, gas drilling in California The U.S. government moved Thursday toward allowing new oil and gas drilling on wide swaths of federal land in California that has been off-limits since environmentalists sued in 2013. ... Environmentalists who blocked the Obama administration’s previous efforts to allow new drilling by challenging its failure to account for the impact of hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — immediately criticized efforts to revive the plans. “Trump’s new plan aims to stab oil derricks and fracking rigs into some of California’s most beautiful landscapes,” attorney Clare Lakewood of the Center for Biological Diversity said in a statement. “From Monterey to the Bay Area, the president wants to let oil companies drill and spill their way across our beloved public lands and wildlife habitat.” ... The Bureau of Land Management said it expects that the two plans could lead to about 75 new wells drilled over the next 20 years and only a small number would involve fracking, spokeswoman Serena Baker said. Most of the areas that would be drilled are already used for oil production. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ward Smith + 6,615 May 12, 2019 53 minutes ago, Tom Kirkman said: The "Keep Oil & Gas in the Ground Forever" brigade in California should be jacking up the "Not In My Back Yard" screeching and foaming at mouth shortly. “Trump’s new plan aims to stab oil derricks and fracking rigs into some of California’s most beautiful landscapes,” attorney Clare Lakewood of the Center for Biological Diversity said in a statement. “From Monterey to the Bay Area, the president wants to let oil companies drill and spill their way across our beloved public lands and wildlife habitat.” ... The Bureau of Land Management said it expects that the two plans could lead to about 75 new wells drilled over the next 20 years and only a small number would involve fracking, spokeswoman Serena Baker said. Most of the areas that would be drilled are already used for oil production. 75 whole wells? That ought to bring civilization to an end even sooner than the, what 4 years the latest politicians have told us? 1 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Kirkman + 8,860 May 12, 2019 17 minutes ago, Ward Smith said: 75 whole wells? That ought to bring civilization to an end even sooner than the, what 4 years the latest politicians have told us? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites