Lawsuits Stop Offshore Drilling in Its Tracks

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Source: Fox

Oil and gas companies appeared to score an all-out victory over the summer when President Bush lifted an executive ban on offshore drilling and congressional Democrats let a moratorium expire soon after. But those who think nothing stands between oil rigs and the outer continental shelf are dead wrong.

"Every lease that has been granted in the last several years has been immediately challenged in the lawsuits � 100 percent," said Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C.

When the ban was lifted, the federal government was permitted to sell drilling leases three miles off the nation's coastlines, free of state objections.

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The lawsuits were brought by a wide array of plaintiffs, the majority of which are conservation groups. The rest include state governments, businesses and individuals.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/11/24/lawsuits-stop-offshore-drilling-tracks/

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what people don't seem to understand is that we the people won't just get a bunch of oil from this- oil companies will- and they will continue to screw us just the same---

we can make all cars electric- easily and the government needs only say so-

boom game over WE actually win but it's not going to happen because this country and the rest of the world is trapped in the horrible monetary system along with CAPITALISM THE GREATEST SYSTEM IN EXISTENCE too bad no one wants to try to come up with something BETTER it's so sad that people who think blind faith in religion is silly then have blind faith in this foul system