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26. That doesn't matter here

Mon Mar 13, 2023, 01:00 PM

Mar 2023

These were leases that were in place years ago that had not been used and have been whittled down to a handful.

Time to put some pressure on the biggest coal producers and users in the world that we can't seem to get enough imports from - China.

(from here - https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2019/07/14/ten-countries-that-dominate-fossil-fuel-production/?sh=261f35f75b13)

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Biden administration approves limited development of Alaska's Willow oil project [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 OP

bloomberg... orleans Mar 2023 #1

NYT re environmental impact... ancianita Mar 2023 #3

Well shit. Autumn Mar 2023 #2

Al Gore warns it would be 'recklessly irresponsible' to allow Alaska oil drilling plan Celerity Mar 2023 #17

He is correct G_j Mar 2023 #32

He's right. This negates everything Biden has done with climate change. Autumn Mar 2023 #35

We are not serious about our addiction to oil. Thunderbeast Mar 2023 #4

Thats due to our limited options atm for the power requirements we have here cstanleytech Mar 2023 #15

It is not our addiction to oil. former9thward Mar 2023 #37

Humans are too stupid to avert a catastrophe Mysterian Mar 2023 #60

I pity the later generations... DemocraticPatriot Mar 2023 #47

Great post. hamsterjill Mar 2023 #62

Drill baby drill inwiththenew Mar 2023 #5

Rome will burn, whether Nero accompanies or not. jaxexpat Mar 2023 #6

This decision truly saddens me. pazzyanne Mar 2023 #7

Why a Billion Crabs Have Suddenly Vanished From the Bering Sea Botany Mar 2023 #8

Not Joe Manchin BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #11

Methane Manchin orthoclad Mar 2023 #21

Well he advocates for fossil fuel use in his state for energy production BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #23

He's pushing for that "streamlined" process orthoclad Mar 2023 #24

That doesn't matter here BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #26

Manchin slams Biden's 'radical climate agenda' in delay of oil leasing Celerity Mar 2023 #34

The Alaska wells aren't "offshore" BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #36

Right. They're inland. ancianita Mar 2023 #38

With the last update to the OP, I actually grabbed and added a snapshot of the map to show the area BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #40

Right. Sorry, got caught up in the thread and missed your OP map. ancianita Mar 2023 #43

I know they are a bunch of hours difference from ET BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #45

This is good history. I knew the Alaska Reserve existed before Obama, and now you've ancianita Mar 2023 #48

+1 betsuni Mar 2023 #51

Wiping out farms of life, that help sustain man, is not the way forward, it cuts off a "hand'... MayReasonRule Mar 2023 #12

May reason rule! Botany Mar 2023 #14

Happy Monday y'all! Man's Reasoned Progress is Always at War with Malevolent Actors MayReasonRule Mar 2023 #18

So the media was right in last week's prediction on this one. Biden has some explaining to do Raven123 Mar 2023 #9

"I can imagine he is trying to calculate our need for fossil fuels and our need to be independent" BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #10

Blue Dog Member FredGarvin Mar 2023 #31

She is brand new BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #33

We're already gas & oil independent, and the #1 oil exporter on the planet. ancianita Mar 2023 #39

Yeah the "carve out" regions were announced ahead of this BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #42

"Bare minimum." That's exactly what Biden is doing. ancianita Mar 2023 #44

Here in PA, we have the Marcellus shale fields BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #46

Cool. Part of the shale revolution that made us energy independent, not dependent on ancianita Mar 2023 #49

We need to see the environmental impact statement, Bayard Mar 2023 #13

Rep. Mary Pelota (D, at-large AK) wrote an editorial last week BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #16

"We can't shoulder the burden of fixing global climate change alone." Bayard Mar 2023 #50

Most of the oil production is coming out of states like TX and the Gulf of Mexico BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #54

I had no idea either Bayard Mar 2023 #55

Thank you for that link! (again sorry to unload the below as a reply but I use for later reference) BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #57

Thank you! betsuni Mar 2023 #52

The environmental impact of drilling and using oil is well known already. Magoo48 Mar 2023 #25

He's not talking out of both sides of his mouth. Here's what the AP reported ancianita Mar 2023 #41

A sellout orthoclad Mar 2023 #19

Can anyone tell this Democrat why Willow was approved when environmentalists Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #20

Follow the money orthoclad Mar 2023 #22

Because the Democrat who just got elected there for a full term this past November BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #27

Thanks, I guess that is as good an answer as any. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #28

I listened to what she had to say BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #29

Didn't realize it was her decision News Junkie Mar 2023 #59

She represents the state of AK as their at-large member of Congress BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #61

And Joe Biden represents the country News Junkie Mar 2023 #63

No it's way "off base" to distort what the background of this issue is BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #64

So much for his campaign promise of no new drilling on public lands ripcord Mar 2023 #30

This decision, in my opinion, blue-wave Mar 2023 #53

Biden had no leverage to ban Willow; negotiated a 40% reduction Justice Mar 2023 #56

This why I pointed out what environmentalists need to be focussing on BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #58