Libs Stop Shell From Drilling For Oil

[ReillyT]

Off topic is pointing out how liberal Judges are overturned more then conservative Courts?

That is why Dems tried to block all of Pres Bush's choices

Now libs are on the losing side to 5-4 decisions

Off topic because the original post was about Shell being prevented from drilling for oil. There is a political component there obviously, but without reading the ruling, I don't know that there is that much to discuss about the law, or interpretation of the law, or the judges who made the decision. We are kind of at a loss for that information, or at least any information I have the energy to find.

 

[red states rule]

Off topic because the original post was about Shell being prevented from drilling for oil. There is a political component there obviously, but without reading the ruling, I don't know that there is that much to discuss about the law, or interpretation of the law, or the judges who made the decision. We are kind of at a loss for that information, or at least any information I have the energy to find.

Or could it be you do not want to find it?

 

[ReillyT]

Or could it be you do not want to find it?

It is exactly that I don't want to find it, or read it. Reading a legal opinion takes energy, and is generally not that interesting. I have no such desire. You, however, are free to track down the opinion and read it. You can tell me what it says if you like.

 

[red states rule]

It is exactly that I don't want to find it, or read it. Reading a legal opinion takes energy, and is generally not that interesting. I have no such desire. You, however, are free to track down the opinion and read it. You can tell me what it says if you like.

Opponents of drilling in the Beaufort Sea argue that environmental impact studies carried out by Shell and approved by the U.S. Department of the Interior failed to take seriously the threat posed to bowhead whales and other wildlife.

Native whalers also are concerned that hunting the whales, which they are permitted to do by the International Whaling Commission, could become more difficult and dangerous.

"The industry and the government have to slow down and listen to the scientists and the concerns of the whalers," said North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta in a statement. "We stand the chance of losing our whaling crews and the traditional food that feeds our families."



This is what the libs on the Court based their legal reason on

 

[ReillyT]

Opponents of drilling in the Beaufort Sea argue that environmental impact studies carried out by Shell and approved by the U.S. Department of the Interior failed to take seriously the threat posed to bowhead whales and other wildlife.

Native whalers also are concerned that hunting the whales, which they are permitted to do by the International Whaling Commission, could become more difficult and dangerous.

"The industry and the government have to slow down and listen to the scientists and the concerns of the whalers," said North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta in a statement. "We stand the chance of losing our whaling crews and the traditional food that feeds our families."



This is what the libs on the Court based their legal reason on

Sort of. That would be the factual predicate for the ruling, so the Court would have course taken that into account. The ruling itself is likely much more complicated and probably deals with issues of whether the Dept. of Interior was making all the determinations it was required to make by a law of Congress. That would be my guess from the excerpt above.

 

[red states rule]

Sort of. That would be the factual predicate for the ruling, so the Court would have course taken that into account. The ruling itself is likely much more complicated and probably deals with issues of whether the Dept. of Interior was making all the determinations it was required to make by a law of Congress. That would be my guess from the excerpt above.

It would seem the tree huggers are more worried about the whales then energy independence

 

[Gunny]

The same people demanding energy independence are standing in the way of drilling that an oil company, Shell, from drilling for more oil


Shell ordered to suspend Arctic offshore drilling
Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:41PM EDT

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research) to suspend oil exploration operations in the Beaufort Sea off the north coast of Alaska pending a legal challenge being brought by environmental activists and Alaska native groups.

The ruling deals a serious blow to Shell's plan to drill up to four exploration wells during the brief Arctic summer to test a $44 million bet the company placed on the region in 2005. Oral arguments in the case are set for August 14 in San Francisco.

"We will comply with the court order and continue to welcome discussions with the North Slope," Shell spokesman Curtis Smith said in an email.

Federal officials said Shell's drilling permit runs through October, so it is possible Shell could do some drilling if it gets a favorable ruling in August.

Opponents of drilling in the Beaufort Sea argue that environmental impact studies carried out by Shell and approved by the U.S. Department of the Interior failed to take seriously the threat posed to bowhead whales and other wildlife.

Native whalers also are concerned that hunting the whales, which they are permitted to do by the International Whaling Commission, could become more difficult and dangerous.

"The industry and the government have to slow down and listen to the scientists and the concerns of the whalers," said North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta in a statement. "We stand the chance of losing our whaling crews and the traditional food that feeds our families."

The Interior Department's Minerals Management Service approved Shell's drilling plans in February.

Shell had planned to drill four wells on the Sivulliq prospect this summer. Oil had been discovered at Sivulliq in the 1980s but the field was abandoned at the time due to the high cost of developing oil fields in the Beaufort Sea.

for the complete article

http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN2033359620070721

So? Shell is owned by Arabs. Arabs getting their hands on oil that is supposed to get us off their tit is beneficial to the US HOW, exactly?