President Bush lifted the executive order banning offshore drilling and prior to him leaving office, the Department of Interior had developed a plan that would have allowed drilling all along the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). As Jon wrote, there’s no ban to lift.
When President Obama came into office, he immediately stopped plans for drilling all along the OCS, and went through a new review process as to where drilling should be allowed.
Now, Obama is going to allow some very limited offshore drilling, excluding promising sites in Alaska, the Pacific coast, and many sites in the Gulf of Mexico.
The story really is “President Obama decides to drastically restrict offshore drilling.”
Obama’s complete lack of respect for Americans continues. Most Americans overwhelmingly support offshore drilling. In a recent Rasmussen poll, 68% of those surveyed favored offshore drilling while only 20% opposed it.
Also, it would be nice if the media (including FoxNews) actually did its job and would report the truth instead of just reprinting White House press releases.
