Offshore Drilling Hearing
[ From: "Offshore Oil Foes Pack Hearing on New Exploration - Drilling critics press their case at San Francisco meeting with Obama administration," By Sonia Fernandez, Noozhawk, 04.18.2009 ]
People from all over California... [attended the] petroleum exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf... hearings, moderated by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar... one of a series as his department considers a five-year program for oil and gas production.
A contingent from Santa Barbara County also made it to the hearing, including staff from the offices of Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara, and Supervisors Salud Carbajal and Janet Wolf. Santa Barbara City Councilman Das Williams and Linda Krop, chief counsel at the Environmental Defense Center, also were on hand.
“We’re not NIMBYs, we’re looking at alternative energies and we’re open to exploring that,” said Williams, who was part of a delegation that spoke with Salazar prior to the hearing.
The group was one of many that turned out for the Thursday morning hearing, urging Salazar to reconsider the recently expired presidential and congressional moratoria on new oil leases in federal waters. The proposed five-year plan could open up 130 million acres of California coast to new exploration. Opponents say the risk to the environment outweighs the benefits the new exploration may provide...
Although the majority of speakers opposed new exploration and development, Carpinteria City Councilman Joe Armendariz, business leaders and representatives of the petroleum industry were also present to urge Salazar to consider the new oil operations...
At the height of last summer’s gas price increases, the Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to send a letter urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to take advantage of the lifting of the moratoria. The cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara subsequently passed resolutions against new drilling and last week the new majority on the Board of Supervisors reversed the previous board’s decision by passing its own resolution against new drilling.
Comment on the draft proposed five-year program will be accepted until Sept. 21. To comment and also for more information, go to the website for the U.S. Department of the Interior.
People from all over California... [attended the] petroleum exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf... hearings, moderated by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar... one of a series as his department considers a five-year program for oil and gas production.
A contingent from Santa Barbara County also made it to the hearing, including staff from the offices of Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara, and Supervisors Salud Carbajal and Janet Wolf. Santa Barbara City Councilman Das Williams and Linda Krop, chief counsel at the Environmental Defense Center, also were on hand.
“We’re not NIMBYs, we’re looking at alternative energies and we’re open to exploring that,” said Williams, who was part of a delegation that spoke with Salazar prior to the hearing.
The group was one of many that turned out for the Thursday morning hearing, urging Salazar to reconsider the recently expired presidential and congressional moratoria on new oil leases in federal waters. The proposed five-year plan could open up 130 million acres of California coast to new exploration. Opponents say the risk to the environment outweighs the benefits the new exploration may provide...
Although the majority of speakers opposed new exploration and development, Carpinteria City Councilman Joe Armendariz, business leaders and representatives of the petroleum industry were also present to urge Salazar to consider the new oil operations...
At the height of last summer’s gas price increases, the Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to send a letter urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to take advantage of the lifting of the moratoria. The cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara subsequently passed resolutions against new drilling and last week the new majority on the Board of Supervisors reversed the previous board’s decision by passing its own resolution against new drilling.
Comment on the draft proposed five-year program will be accepted until Sept. 21. To comment and also for more information, go to the website for the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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4/19/2009
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Feast of Life (Rumi)
I've come again
like a new year
to crash the gate
of this old prison
I've come again
to break the teeth and claws
of this man-eating
monster we call life
I've come again
to puncture the
glory of the cosmos
who mercilessly
destroys humans
I am the falcon
hunting down the birds
of black omen
before their flights
I gave my word
at the outset to
give my life
with no qualms
I pray to the Lord
to break my back
before I break my word
How do you dare to
let someone like me
intoxicated with love
enter your house
You must know better
if I enter
I’ll break all this and
destroy all that
If the sheriff arrives
I’ll throw the wine
in his face
if your gatekeeper
pulls my hand
I’ll break his arm
If the heavens don't go round
to my heart's desire
I’ll crush its wheels and
pull out its roots
You have set up
a colorful table
calling it life and
asked me to your feast
but punish me if
I enjoy myself
What tyranny is this?
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