Pombo proposes lifting offshore drilling moratorium

[davidinalameda]

hope this isn't a dupe

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/07/MNG6MF3SU11.DTL

New legislation moving through Congress would end the quarter-century-old moratorium on drilling off the coast of California and other states, and shift the power to block development in coastal waters from Congress to governors and state legislatures.

The proposal by House Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo, R-Tracy, also adds a sweetener to boost offshore oil and gas production: States that allow drilling off their coasts would gain a greater share of royalty payments from energy companies, which usually go to the federal government.

The measure is stirring debate in coastal states from California to Florida, with environmentalists and some lawmakers saying the measure could weaken existing protections and spark conflicts between neighboring states that disagree over whether to allow oil and gas rigs off their shores.


this ain't gonna fly around here

[kineneb]

1. hmmm, hanging is too good for him...

perhaps a long trip to the Mohave, sans water bottle; or a swim off Stinson Beach during a shark alert...

I remember the Santa Barbara oil spill...

[blindpig]

2. way too good

That sonofabitch is evil incarnate. Don't want to get hung up in weird, twisted fantasies but the bite of a Gila Monster is supposed to be hideously painful..........

[senaca]

3. Mr. sell 15 National Parks has struck again. n.t.

[davidinalameda]

4. the sharks wouldn't eat him

he's too nasty even for them

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Oh, for Christ's sake, not him, again...

This bastard's really dangerous. His bill that further endangers already-endangered species passed, last week, despite my numerous e-mails to my Freeper congressman and passing this on to everyone I know. I watched this disaster unfold on C-Span. And my Freeper congressman voted with us. He might be a Bush* apologist, but I can at least depend on him to vote pro-environment. This doesn't sound at all good, either... Damn him!:grr: