Obama Tries to Hold US Oil Drillers To Ransom
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The Wall Street Journal reports-
The Obama administration says it may have to reject seven permits for deep-water drilling that have become the subject of high-profile legal and political battles if a federal judge in New Orleans forces the government to make a quick decision on the applications. In court filings late Friday, the Interior Department said the permit applications are flawed or incomplete, and that Judge Martin Feldman’s order that it decide on them before the end of the month disrupts the normal back-and-forth negotiations between oil companies and federal regulators. The government asked the judge to stay his order while it appeals his ruling.
In mid-February, Judge Feldman called the slow movement of permits “increasingly inexcusable” and ordered the government to act on five permits within 30 days.
Utterly ridiculous while the Middle East is in turmoil. Economic sabotage. This is politicizing the issue to an almost criminal level.
TrueblueNZ 