BP oil spill
Oh jeez, not good news. The Obama Administration was in the process of opening up the Atlantic coastline for fossil fuel drilling right before the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Needless to say, that idea was scuffed. But looks like not for good as here it is again.
The Hill
President Obama will open parts of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans to new oil and gas drilling under a plan unveiled Tuesday. The Interior Department's five-year lease plan would allow drilling in three areas off the coast of Alaska and one in a portion of the Mid- and South Atlantic for the first time in nearly four decades.
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The plan angered green groups who have supported Obama's decision to restrict other areas from drilling, and raises questions about whether the administration will eventually approve the Keystone XL pipeline. The Interior Department is portraying the plan as one that seeks to balance environmental stewardship with expanding the U.S.'s energy sources.
This is the 'all of the above' energy policy that seems to be in denial of the
current state of the climate change crisis.
Green groups criticized Obama's move in the Atlantic, arguing it goes against his record on global warming. "Unfortunately, the administration's five-year plan amounts to climate denial," said Stephen Kretzmann of Oil Change International. "The administration needs to harmonize all of its policies with climate science, not just some of them."
How many more storms and droughts etc. will it take for our government to realize that we are playing Russian roulette with our future?