Wall RSS FeedOctober 1, could be Energy Freedom Day
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The Next Step for Congress
Even if Congress does not pass a bill that affirmatively opens up these offshore areas, it could accomplish the same end by simply letting the existing restrictions lapse. This Congress has not yet passed its DOI appropriations bill (or any other appropriations bill, for that matter), in large part because Republicans insisted on adding amendments to open up the OCS and the Democratic leadership would not allow a vote on them. The current appropriations—and their restrictions on DOI spending for offshore leasing—are set to expire on September 30.
The next day, October 1, could then be Energy Freedom Day. Of course, it will take time for DOI to lease these areas and for the energy companies to develop them, but the process can at least begin. And given the strong public support for expanded domestic drilling, we can not start soon enough. When Congress does finally write its budget legislation, it should not stand in the way of Energy Freedom Day.
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August 12th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Move along — nothing to see here
Rosslyn Smith
Don’t expect the media to connect the dots in the information Michelle Malkin linked to on her blog yesterday. Last year Nancy Pelosi’s bought stock in the IPO of T. Boone Picken’s Clean Energy Fuels Corp., CLNE. This business is seeking billions in both federal and California funds. Last month Pickens is all over TV and the Internet talking about how we can’t drill our way out of this energy shortage and the future is in wind power. Last week Pelosi adjourned Congress to avoid addressing growing demands to expand domestic drilling.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Add your name to the nationwide petition calling for Nancy Pelosi and her Democrat colleagues to come back from their vacation and vote to give Americans relief from the high cost of fuel.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Nancy Pelosi says that she is trying to save the planet and prevent global warming, but the reality is that, according to disclosure statements, in May 2007 she invested in T. Boone Picken’s clean energy fuels corp., CLNE, which is the sole sponsor of a proposal in California to funnel $5 billion in state funds and $5 billion in Federal funs to this corporation which will indirectly help them create a giant wind farm in the Texas panhandle.
An overlooked story in November of 2007 shows that the T. Boone Pickens plan involves the private control of water, which Pickens wants to be able to sell to big cities via giant water pipelines which will be built on land seized under eminent domain.
Nancy Pelosi Invests In Energy Scheme and Water Grab By T. Boone Pickens