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Trump administration moves to open 1.6 million acres to fracking, drilling in California
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:24 pm
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:24 pm
Ending a five-year moratorium, the Trump administration Wednesday took a first step toward opening 1.6 million acres of California public land to fracking and conventional oil drilling, triggering alarm bells among environmentalists.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said it’s considering new oil and natural gas leases on BLM-managed lands in Fresno, San Luis Obispo and six other San Joaquin Valley and Central Coast counties. Meanwhile, activists in San Luis Obispo are pushing a ballot measure this fall to ban fracking and new oil exploration in the county.
If BLM goes ahead with the plan, it would mark the first time since 2013 that the agency has issued a new lease for oil or gas exploration in California, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, which immediately vowed to fight the move. California is the nation’s third largest oil-producing state, after Alaska and Texas, with much of the production concentrated in the southern San Joaquin Valley and Southern California.
The Trump administration is trying to “sell off our public lands again,” said Clare Lakewood, a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco. The federal government oversees about 15 million acres of public lands in California, and leases some of them for private use by contractors.
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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said it’s considering new oil and natural gas leases on BLM-managed lands in Fresno, San Luis Obispo and six other San Joaquin Valley and Central Coast counties. Meanwhile, activists in San Luis Obispo are pushing a ballot measure this fall to ban fracking and new oil exploration in the county.
If BLM goes ahead with the plan, it would mark the first time since 2013 that the agency has issued a new lease for oil or gas exploration in California, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, which immediately vowed to fight the move. California is the nation’s third largest oil-producing state, after Alaska and Texas, with much of the production concentrated in the southern San Joaquin Valley and Southern California.
The Trump administration is trying to “sell off our public lands again,” said Clare Lakewood, a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco. The federal government oversees about 15 million acres of public lands in California, and leases some of them for private use by contractors.
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Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:26 pm to dr smartass phd
Let the melts begin
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:28 pm to dr smartass phd
Great news.
We love low and stable gas prices don’t we folks?
We love low and stable gas prices don’t we folks?
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:30 pm to GumboPot
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Great news
Just wait until the timber leases open up north
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:31 pm to dr smartass phd
My freedom boner squirts oil, liquid freedom.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:32 pm to dr smartass phd
I don’t actually give a shite about fracking in slightest.
But goddamn this makes me so fricking excited just for the incoming melts.
But goddamn this makes me so fricking excited just for the incoming melts.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:41 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Obviously its a ploy to drill holes in Cali to speed up,the Big One so it will fall into the Pacific. It will also save a shitload on wall fencing.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:45 pm to dr smartass phd
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Just wait until the timber leases open up north
Can't wait to see all the sky screamers sitting up in those trees to protest.
At least the sky will hear them better.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:48 pm to dr smartass phd
Will likely help with wild fires in the future. Jerry Brown protecting certain “species” and not allowing controlled burns caused this wildfire mess, now The god emperor will save Cali too.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:50 pm to dr smartass phd
Put the wells off the coast like LA and AL
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:52 pm to dr smartass phd
Trump administration moves to open 1.6 million acres to fracking, drilling in California.
I think this is taking it a little to far...but FRACK CALIFORNIA!
I think this is taking it a little to far...but FRACK CALIFORNIA!
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:56 pm to dr smartass phd
It's like he's just giving up on winning California in 2020.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:08 am to dr smartass phd
O & G companies are better stewards of the land than the environmentalists.
See: current California wildfire situation
See: current California wildfire situation
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:12 am to dr smartass phd
Cali and Gov Moonbeam will tie this shite up in court for years.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:19 am to dr smartass phd
1. I love this idea, might as well make Californian resources more useful than its denizens.
2. Knowing how Trump has done things in the past, this is something to get all the leftist idiots to focus on collectively while he works his magic on some other area of the state. Of course it will better the lives of all of California, but they will sky-scream that he ruined them. I'm going to guess it will be water based to better the states lack of ample water supplies.
2. Knowing how Trump has done things in the past, this is something to get all the leftist idiots to focus on collectively while he works his magic on some other area of the state. Of course it will better the lives of all of California, but they will sky-scream that he ruined them. I'm going to guess it will be water based to better the states lack of ample water supplies.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:28 am to dr smartass phd
I pray to God I have the opportunity to work a rig over there. I will drive my deleted and tuned Cummins to the rig with a smile on my face the whole time.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:40 am to t00f
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Put the wells off the coast like LA and AL
Someone's never been to Los Angeles
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:41 am to IllegalPete
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O & G companies are better stewards of the land than the environmentalists.
See: current California wildfire situation
I see you are one of the 91% in the poll who said the info they get from TRump's tweets is their major source of reliable information.
What is it that you think the environmentalists have done to contribute to the CA wildfire situation?
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:45 am to dr smartass phd
Doesnt Putin hate Fracking?
How is this possible
How is this possible
Posted on 8/9/18 at 12:53 am to texridder
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What is it that you think the environmentalists have done to contribute to the CA wildfire situation?
Cut down trees
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