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| Federal Gov't Halts Sand Berm Dredging in LA | |
| 2010-06-23 | |
NEW ORLEANS -- The federal government is shutting down the dredging that was being done to create protective sand berms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser, who was one of the most vocal advocates of the dredging plan, has sent a letter to President Barack Obama, pleading for the work to continue. Nungesser said the government has asked crews to move the dredging site two more miles farther off the coastline. "Once again, our government resource agencies, which are intended to protect us, are now leaving us vulnerable to the destruction of our coastline and marshes by the impending oil," Nungesser wrote to Obama. "Furthermore, with the threat of hurricanes or tropical storms, we are being put at an increased risk for devastation to our area from the intrusion of oil. Nungesser has asked for the dredging to continue for the next seven days, the amount of time it would take to move the dredging operations two miles and out resume work. Work is scheduled to halt at midnight Wednesday. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 At this point, I'm all for the states from AZ to FL telling the federal government to go to fucking hell and continue operations. Go ahead Bambi, start a fucking war. We dare ya. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-06-23 15:31 |
| #6 We had to destroy the village in order to save it. |
| Posted by: KBK 2010-06-23 13:05 |
| #5 Ban on drilling? Halt on dredging? It seems as if the administration is setting the stage for "cap and trade." Last night Glenn Beck had an interesting analysis. He said $2 billion was given or loaned to PetroBrazil for deep off-shore drilling ~ 14,000 feet. Thirty-three oil rigs have been idled by the moratorium on drilling. He says these rigs can't be idled for long before they have to be leased (to other countries or companies). Beck outlined a murky witches brew of organizations of which George Soros was heavily involved in PetroBrazil, green organizations, and far left organizations. Soros invested heavily in PetroBrazil just before the moratorium was declared. Soros is supposed to be in line to lease these rigs. Maybe Beck is conspiratorial in his analysis but maybe there is truth to his claims also. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-06-23 10:55 |
| #4 Ignore them, Billy. Go on TV and tell the federal Fish Cops to come arrest you. Lets see how that plays out. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2010-06-23 10:14 |
| #3 Never let a good crisis go to waste. |
| Posted by: AuburnTom 2010-06-23 10:04 |
| #2 Another government agency that we don't need to be paying for. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-06-23 09:32 |
| #1 At what point do the good people of Louisiana shrug it off and continue protecting them and theirs? |
| Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2010-06-23 08:56 |