As the new offshore drilling plans go through the senate it is interesting to see that more problem are arising over the money aspect then over the environmental impact. Offshore drilling is a very viable oil supply strategy for the US, but not having out ducks in a row to stratgey drilling is another accident waiting to happen. Let's see some proactive regulations based on prevention and saftey and not just dollars. Jennifer Dlouhy wrote:
Controversy over whether to give states a greater share of federal revenues for offshore drilling near their coasts is stalling oil and gas legislation in the Senate. The measure by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, aims to stiffen oversight of offshore drilling and would codify a reorganization of the federal agency that polices oil and gas exploration on the outer continental shelf. Although the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee was set to debate and vote on the legislation this Thursday, the bill was left off a just-issued agenda for the meeting. Murkowski said the major holdup is the revenue sharing proposal. A top priority for Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and other coastal senators, the proposal is closer than ever to securing enough votes to be added to the offshore drilling legislation and make it out of the committee — over the objections of some panel Democrats, including Bingaman, the chairman. Murkowski said there has been major “headway made in just educating people about the value of it.”
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