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President signs executive order to control fracking
Monday, April 16, 2012
While Americans focused their attention on the Colombian controversy involving U.S. Secret Service agents, prostitutes and excessive drinking, President Obama quietly signed his latest Presidential Executive Order.
The Supporting Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Resources Executive Order seeks to create what amounts to a Presidential super committee that will oversee the regulation and development of the ‘unconventional’ natural gas industry for the purpose of ensuring a long-term natural gas supply for the United States, as well as to do so in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. ...
Now that the President has given the go ahead, there’s nothing holding the government back. The fracking industry stands to be impacted almost immediately, with federal agencies prepared to tear into operations nationwide in short order. ...
According to opponents of the legislation, by Presidential decree the federal government can now coordinate action through thirteen core federal agencies against any domestic natural gas production facility and according to standards determined to be appropriate not by law, but because of political agenda.
Read more: President signs executive order to control fracking | Times 247
The long version: Obama order coordinates federal oversight of 'fracking,' gas development - The Hill's E2-Wire
I read this as "Y'all look over here while I blame 'speculators' for gas prices and try to regulate the 'free' out of enterprise... we have important work that needs to be done to ensure Central Planning has enough control...", and/or "...now that gasoline and oil prices are getting closer to where I want them to be we need to look at all the other forms of energy like NG and coal to get them priced high enough so my largest campaign contributors can rape the American taxpayer through companies like Solyndra and First Solar". There might also be some "I pissed off the Unions AND my greenieweenie base w/ the pipeline thing that I had nothing to do with, so now I can quietly re-gain their support".
Thoughts?
Monday, April 16, 2012
While Americans focused their attention on the Colombian controversy involving U.S. Secret Service agents, prostitutes and excessive drinking, President Obama quietly signed his latest Presidential Executive Order.
The Supporting Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Resources Executive Order seeks to create what amounts to a Presidential super committee that will oversee the regulation and development of the ‘unconventional’ natural gas industry for the purpose of ensuring a long-term natural gas supply for the United States, as well as to do so in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. ...
Now that the President has given the go ahead, there’s nothing holding the government back. The fracking industry stands to be impacted almost immediately, with federal agencies prepared to tear into operations nationwide in short order. ...
According to opponents of the legislation, by Presidential decree the federal government can now coordinate action through thirteen core federal agencies against any domestic natural gas production facility and according to standards determined to be appropriate not by law, but because of political agenda.
Read more: President signs executive order to control fracking | Times 247
The long version: Obama order coordinates federal oversight of 'fracking,' gas development - The Hill's E2-Wire
I read this as "Y'all look over here while I blame 'speculators' for gas prices and try to regulate the 'free' out of enterprise... we have important work that needs to be done to ensure Central Planning has enough control...", and/or "...now that gasoline and oil prices are getting closer to where I want them to be we need to look at all the other forms of energy like NG and coal to get them priced high enough so my largest campaign contributors can rape the American taxpayer through companies like Solyndra and First Solar". There might also be some "I pissed off the Unions AND my greenieweenie base w/ the pipeline thing that I had nothing to do with, so now I can quietly re-gain their support".
Thoughts?