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Originally Posted by Tinordi
WTF are you talking about? Another quality post. The EPA is the reason the U.S. has a bad business climate? Are you kidding me?
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Yes another quality post.
The EPA is a major reason the Keystone Pipeline is still under 'review.' They are continuing to obstruct drilling on offshore reserves, in Alaska and have created so many regulations in their effort to 'protect' the environment that a lot of companies are abandoning any fossil fuel exploration in the US, instead opting for countries like Canada and Russia.
One example.
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Shell Oil Company has announced it must scrap efforts to drill for oil this summer in the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Alaska. The decision comes following a ruling by the EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board to withhold critical air permits. The move has angered some in Congress and triggered a flurry of legislation aimed at stripping the EPA of its oil drilling oversight.
Shell has spent five years and nearly $4 billion dollars on plans to explore for oil in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. The leases alone cost $2.2 billion. Shell Vice President Pete Slaiby says obtaining similar air permits for a drilling operation in the Gulf of Mexico would take about 45 days. He’s especially frustrated over the appeal board’s suggestion that the Arctic drill would somehow be hazardous for the people who live in the area.
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/25...illing-denial/
Best part of the article.
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The closest village to where Shell proposed to drill is Kaktovik, Alaska. It is one of the most remote places in the United States. According to the latest census, the population is 245 and nearly all of the residents are Alaska natives. The village, which is 1 square mile, sits right along the shores of the Beaufort Sea, 70 miles away from the proposed off-shore drill site.
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70 miles away from the drill site, and the EPA is forcing them to shutdown because of 'air permits?' Seriously.
There are numerous examples like this. Stupid and dumb regulations put in place by a trigger happy organization that has absolutely no common sense.
Oil and natural gas are driving the Canadian economy. Especially in Alberta, Sask, and Manitoba. There is no reason the US couldn't benefit from the same thing. They have huge reserves that nobody can get too because of the EPA.