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Monday, June 1st, 2015

Obama Explains Why He Approved Arctic Drilling In The Face Of Climate Concerns

Author:     Natasha Geiling
Source:     Think Progress
Publication Date:     May 28, 2015 at 3:52 pm
 Link: Obama Explains Why He Approved Arctic Drilling In The Face Of Climate Concerns
Stephan:   Sadly I am afraid most social progressives, like most Americans don't really understand how the government works with power spread across the three branches. A large percentage of Americans don't even know there are three branches. This report on why Obama made the choice he made recently about Arctic drilling gives an accurate sense of the process and its limitations. This is why voting in a Congress of corrupt morons makes a difference to your life, and the only planet you are ever going to live on.
Arctic oil rig Credit; Shutterstock

Arctic oil rig
Credit; Shutterstock

On Thursday afternoon, President Obama took to his newly-minted personal Twitter account to answer questions about climate change. After fielding a question about climate denial, the president took on the controversial question of drilling in the Arctic — something that has been seen as contradictory to his interest in fighting climate change.

President Obama began by pointing out that he has already shut off the most sensitive Arctic areas to drilling, including the Bristol Bay, home to a number of endangered species and 40 percent of America’s wild-caught seafood. In April, his administration also finalized a proposal to set aside a majority of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, which prevent drilling across some 12 million acres across northeastern Alaska.

 But according to the president, it’s impossible to stop oil exploration in the Arctic completely.

Despite low global crude prices (helped along by a natural gas boom in the United States), the Arctic remains an appealing long-term development project […]

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