From the Press of Atlantic City:
Drill plan dangerous to N.J., say politicians
Joining environmental groups, New Jersey lawmakers are showing bipartisan opposition to a federal plan that could allow oil and gas drilling in the ocean less than 75 miles from the tip of Cape May.
But support for the plan is coming from both expected and unexpected corners, such as a Republican-oriented senior citizens’ group reportedly backed by the pharmaceutical industry.At issue is a proposal to lift a ban on drilling off the Atlantic coast, ending a 24-year-old congressional moratorium. The federal Minerals Management Service, or MMS, has started developing a plan that assumes Congress will lift the moratorium next year. If that occurs, oil and gas production could begin off Virginia’s coast by 2031, according to MMS staff estimates.
New Jersey Reps. Frank LoBiondo, R-2nd; Jim Saxton, R-3rd; Chris Smith, R-4th; and Frank Pallone, D-6th; along with Democratic U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg, have all expressed strong opposition to the plan, saying New Jersey’s coastal ecosystem and economy could be imperiled. The legislators pressed the MMS to hold a public hearing on the proposal Monday afternoon and evening in Atlantic City.
You can’t have it both ways. If you do not want to drill get out of your SUV and walk.
whatever they do you know the pols will have
their hands out.
I say lets wait until oil really becomes scarce to get that desperate. Use everyone elses oil first, then use our reserves when it really gets scarce.