MMS approved 27 Gulf Drilling Ops AFTER the BP disaster

[theHandpuppet]

For Immediate Release, May 7, 2010
Contact: Kierán Suckling, [phone]

MMS Approved 27 Gulf Drilling Operations After BP Disaster
26 Were Exempted From Environmental Review, Including Two to BP

Salazar's "Moratorium" on New Drilling Permits Allows Continuation of the Same Flawed
Environmental Exemption Process that Allowed the BP Catastrophe

TUCSON, Ariz.— Even as the BP drilling explosion which killed eleven people continues to gush hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil per day into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) has continued to exempt dangerous new drilling operations from environmental review. Twenty-seven new offshore drilling projects have been approved since April 20, 2010; twenty-six under the same environmental review exemption used to approve the disastrous BP drilling that is fouling the Gulf and its wildlife.

“The MMS has learned absolutely nothing from this national catastrophe,” said Kierán Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, “It is still illegally exempting dangerous offshore drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico from all environmental review. It is outrageous and unacceptable.”

The MMS became embroiled in controversy when it was revealed on May 5, 2010, that it exempted BP’s offshore drilling plan from environmental review by using a loophole in the National Environmental Policy Act meant only to apply to projects with no, or minimal, negative effects such as construction of outhouse and hiking trails. The controversy deepened when it was revealed that MMS exempts hundreds of dangerous offshore oil drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico every year....

More at link: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2010/post-disaster-permits-05-07-2010.html

[Nikki Stone1]

1. K & R

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[tosh]

2. K&R.

(Now, why aren't there 2 recs?)

[Nite Owl]

3. I jusr recc'd

and it became +1
This whole unrec thing is dumb.

[Truth2Tell]

4. Prepare to be linked to an alleged debunking of this...

which has itself been debunked thoroughly.

[HughMoran]

8. No debunking occured

Only a bunch of semantic bullshit.

There is a moratorium on new drilling operations. Period. No amount of deceptive headlining will change that.

[donheld]

5. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8317145

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x294784

[Scurrilous]

6. Third time's the charm.

:P

[HughMoran]

18. This has been POSTED 10 TIMES!!

The other times were NOT AS POPULAR when they TOLD THE TRUTH and didn't add the word DRILLING to TRICK people into thinking drilling permits were being issued. Deceptive posting!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=4372633

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=535009

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=8333256

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=8317145

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=8295652

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=8304844

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=8311082

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=433&topic_id=294784

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=433&topic_id=290556

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=4374507

[havocmom]

7. K&R

[lovely]

9. shameful

Our planet is truly in peril. :cry:

[HughMoran]

10. No drilling is allowed under the moratorium

lol - we are so gullible to headline selling!

[Luminous Animal]

12. Prove it.

[saracat]

14. Gee, guess this isn't true either!

Report: Feds OK'd Oil Drilling without Permits
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/14/national/main...

A U.S. agency frequently allowed oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico without requiring oil companies to provide necessary permits from a separate agency, The New York Times reports.

Federal records show the Minerals Management Service (MMS) allowed a well dug by the Deepwater Horizon rig, which exploded last month, killing 11 workers and causing thousands of barrels of oil a day since to spew into the ocean, the Times reports.

Under the Endangered Species Act, companies are required to show the MMS permits to drill, obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

According to the Times, the MMS also frequently overruled its staff of scientists and engineers who expressed concerns about drilling. The scientists tell th

[HughMoran]

16. What does that have to do with the current moratorium?

Oh, nothing. I thought so!

:wtf:

:eyes:

[Tarheel_Dem]

11. From May 7th? Guess you didn't bother to check if this had been posted already? (nt)

[HughMoran]

21. It's been posted 10 times already

Duplicate Topics and Spamming

Do not post duplicate topics that have already been posted. There are different levels of enforcement in different forums. For example, the Latest Breaking News forum has extremely strict rules against duplicate topics, but the General Discussion forum is much more lenient. Cross posting of duplicates in the two General Discussion forums is not permitted. Cross-posting of duplicates in other forums is occasionally permitted if there is a clear reason for doing so.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=4372633

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=535009

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=8333256

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=8317145

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=8295652

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=8304844

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=8311082

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=433&topic_id=294784

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=433&topic_id=290556

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=4374507

[Greyhound]

13. lalalalalalalalaalala!

I can't hear what you are saying...
:rofl:

[blindpig]

15. If this were a Republican administration....

these defenders of the indefensible would be singing a much different tune.

Shameless.

[Name removed]

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[amborin]

20. shameless is right! substituting a diff personality does not suddenly exonerate indefensible acts

[HCE SuiGeneris]

19. The corporate reins on our government are strangling us.

From Obama, to every decision maker in any position of influence, the fascist oligarchy completely dominates "we the people".