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Sunny05

(865 posts) Fri Nov 18, 2016, 04:12 PM Nov 2016

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BREAKING: The Obama Administration Blocks Oil Drilling in the Arctic Ocean and Off the Atlantic Coas

Source: thinkprogress.org

The Obama administration has finalized plans for offshore drilling. The five-year plan blocks drilling in the Arctic Ocean amd off the Atlantic Coast. The Beaufort and Chukchi Seas have been removed from offshore leasing.

This news comes from Think Progress (link above).

Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/boem-five-year-plan-2022-499a160847f8#.foco4kp3p

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BREAKING: The Obama Administration Blocks Oil Drilling in the Arctic Ocean and Off the Atlantic Coas (Original Post) Sunny05 Nov 2016 OP

Wonderful. Thanks for the positive news, Sunny05. Hortensis Nov 2016 #1

Good news is terribly rare kenfrequed Nov 2016 #2

Can't Trump undo this? flying-skeleton Nov 2016 #3

It lasts for 5 years. We can always hope Trump won't be there over 4 years. n/t Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #4

You assume that tRump will honor the 5 years... MiniMe Nov 2016 #5

i think that's the point 0rganism Nov 2016 #6

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

1. Wonderful. Thanks for the positive news, Sunny05.

Reply to Sunny05 (Original post)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 05:07 PM

Nov 2016

It should hopefully hold until Trump and/or whoever succeeds him helps us get control of Congress in 2018.

kenfrequed

(7,865 posts)

2. Good news is terribly rare

Reply to Sunny05 (Original post)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 06:47 PM

Nov 2016

Miigwech!

Now kill the pipeline reroute through native lands.

flying-skeleton

(696 posts)

3. Can't Trump undo this?

Reply to Sunny05 (Original post)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 06:53 PM

Nov 2016

Judi Lynn

(160,527 posts)

4. It lasts for 5 years. We can always hope Trump won't be there over 4 years. n/t

Reply to flying-skeleton (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 07:07 PM

Nov 2016

MiniMe

(21,716 posts)

5. You assume that tRump will honor the 5 years...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 19, 2016, 12:44 AM

Nov 2016

I would guess that he will decide that it is a "bad deal" and will ignore the 5 years

0rganism

(23,952 posts)

6. i think that's the point

Reply to flying-skeleton (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 19, 2016, 05:19 PM

Nov 2016

MAKE him undo it if he doesn't like it

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