Obama loses..............again.

Once again the drilling moratorium has been beaten in court. I don't look for the DOJ or the DOI to do anything rational, though. See the quote below from Ken Salazar. Dispite the evidence, I see them fighting this all the way to the SCOTUS. They are bound and determined to force everybody to use alternative sources of energy, no matter the cost.
The thing I haven't read in the news is the moritorium was supposed to be for deep water drilling, but for some reason the DOI hasn't released any permits for shallow water driling either.:thinking:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100709/wl_afp/usoilenvironmentpollution_20100709030327

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – The Obama administration lost its bid to maintain a six-month moratorium on offshore drilling, while BP was ordered to outline on Friday its next steps to cap the ruptured well which has been spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico since April.

A federal judge blocked the deepwater drilling moratorium last month after 32 oil companies and local officials argued it was causing irreparable economic harm.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday denied the administration's emergency request to stay that judge's order pending appeal.

The motion was denied because the government failed to show "a likelihood of irreparable injury if the stay is not granted," the appeals panel judges wrote in a 2-1 ruling.

The government also "made no showing that there is any likelihood that drilling activities will be resumed pending appeal."

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has said he will soon issue a new order to block deepwater drilling regardless of how the court ruled, and oil companies have not resumed operations due to the legal uncertainties.

The court noted that the Salazar "has the right to apply for emergency relief if he can show that drilling activity by deepwater rigs has commenced or is about to commence."

 

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