“Opening more federal lands and waters to oil and gas drilling is a pillar of President Trump’s plan to make the United States energy independent,” said Zinke.
And not only that: it will also cut off a great part of the funding for the global jihad, which goes from our gasoline money to oil-producing states, where all too much of it finds its way into the hands of the jihadists who have vowed to destroy the U.S. and the free world.
“Trump Opens ‘All Available’ Gulf Of Mexico Waters To Oil Drilling,” by Michael Bastasch, Daily Caller, March 7, 2017:
The Department of the Interior will include “all available” federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico that have not already been leased out for offshore oil drilling.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced Monday 73 million acres off the coast of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida would be offered at a lease sale in August as part of the Interior Department’s five-year leasing plan.
“Opening more federal lands and waters to oil and gas drilling is a pillar of President Trump’s plan to make the United States energy independent,” Zinke said in a statement.
Interior finalized its current five-year offshore leasing program in January, just before Trump took office. The current plan includes 11 potential lease sales — 10 in the Gulf of Mexico and one in Alaska’s Cook Inlet.
The Obama administration, however, did not include any lease sales in most of the Arctic Ocean and all of the Atlantic Ocean. The administration initially considered offshore drilling in those areas, but decided not to on the urging of environment groups.For now, it seems like the Trump administration will stick with current policies. that could possibly change one Secretary Zinke gets all his appointees in place. The Senate confirmed Zinke last week, and it’s unclear when they will hold confirmation hearings for other high-level Interior positions.
“The Gulf is a vital part of that strategy to spur economic opportunities for industry, states, and local communities, to create jobs and home-grown energy and to reduce our dependence on foreign oil,” Zinke said….
Shortly before leaving office, former President Barack Obama locked up even more offshore areas from drilling, issuing an executive order in December making 31 canyons in the Atlantic off limits to drilling. The order took 3.8 million acres of the Atlantic ocean out of play for drillers.
In that same order, Obama designated “the vast majority of U.S. waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas as indefinitely off limits to offshore oil and gas leasing.”
Environmentalists supported keeping Arctic and Atlantic waters off limits to drilling. Activists say it’s necessary to protect marine life and slow global warming.
Trump, on the other hand, promised to boost U.S. energy production through opening more federal lands and waters for exploration and eliminating regulations. That includes rolling back Obama-era policies blocking offshore drilling.
“This is exactly the kind of investment, economic development and job creation that will help put Americans back to work,” Trump said of Exxon’s investments announced Monday….

JOHNNIEMAC says
Great!!
Irene Brekelmans says
I am not an american woman and not so in fever of drilling for more oil anywhere, but I do understand
Donald Trump wanting to be independent of others for oil. And I must say, Trump is a bit wild, but he is not from the establishment, the elite, but he wants the best for the USA and for its people and that is a lot more then all the european kings, queens ,,premiers , and presidents have done or at least commented on these horrible situations, he does something to protect the people. I don’t bow for all those ” important people without a spine in Europe, but this time Mr. Trump, you have my bow, and may he make the right decisions for you and your country.Everything a country has against another country, or one person against another, has to be cleared in these times, otherwise, we can’t start over again, we have to learn to forgive too and make a new start the time is there and it started in 2012 and I hope it will be over “soon”, but nobody knows when the moment will be there. This is to remind the Moslem people too about this event that is coming and you will see what is right and wrong and so will we, and then you have a final choice, we all do. And you will see who is your God and your Prophet. I wish you all well, even those who do not know the difference in what is right or wrong or are “mentally ill”
All the best for America and a scared Europe and Canada, you just have to wait untill……. you know very well what and you know you can not escape the truth, which will be very difficult for all governments, you have to get “used” to it and may be it will grow on you some time, all the best.
I am not worried, sit here and see how crazy the world goes around and to the moslems, you can be grateful that we are mostly brought up with forgiveness, otherwise it would not look good for you an it is really a pity. Your countrieshad so many filosophers, writers, musicians, etc, and realy good ones and what is left: hate carrying clerics people who put guns in childrens hands and send them to a 3 week camps to learn how to shoot, kill, rape and the rest. Take a good look at yourselves, good day.
Jeanette says
Take your evil Muslim female genital mutilating, female-hating cult elsewhere.
AMERICANS: About 90% of Muslim girls and women are hideously mutilated so that (although their men will screw just about anything), the women have no interest in other men (or in their husbands, for that matter).
Did you know that some groups of Muslims make the mutilated girls wear their severed genitalia in a bag on a belt?
It’s time that American and other western women found out the TRUTH about what will happen to them if the Muslims are allowed to get control of western civilization.
Warning, this is disgusting and horrifying. But you will learn why the pedophile Anthony Weiner was interested in Huma Abedin (whose mother writes and publishes books promoting the forced mutilation of all females, worldwide).
bing.com/videos/search?q=ann+barnhardt+islamic+sexuality&qpvt=ann+barnhardt+islamic+sexuality&view=detail&mid=D00051CB2CE0177A4A6AD00051CB2CE0177A4A6A&FORM=VRDGAR
miriamrove says
Let’s see how fast clinton news network will say that Rex Telirson is going to benefit from this. m
gravenimage says
Drill, baby, drill!
Eric Jones says
To what extent has the horrific giant oil spill in 2010 in the Gulf been cleaned up?
I am all for energy independence but environmental concerns are important.
Eric
Nancy Assaf says
Eric, I live in South Central Louisiana. The seafood is abundant and most all is good. The biggest problem we have is coastal erosion caused by levees keeping the silt from the Mississippi River from refurbishing the wetlands. More and more people are having to move North or live on 10 foot stilts!
Carolyne says
I don’t care if the Saudi economy tanks. They have us by the throat and can, at any time they wish, cause an economic disaster here in the US. I also believe that many American politicians are on their payroll–they admit to giving Hillary Clinton $30 million and God knows how much they have spread around Washington. They build “Islamic Study” centers at our universities and install pro-Islam professors to run them.
So even if oil is cheap right now (I don’t consider $2.00 + to be cheap) there is no guarantee that it will stay cheap. They do not wish us well. We must have our own resources and be entirely oil independent from the camel humpers.
Hurray for President Trump. Common sense at last.
Jeanette says
They also publish school textbooks for three-week long classes on Islam in American public schools.
In some of these classes, American non-Muslim children have been forced to wear Muslim clothing, answer to a Muslim name, and recite the Muslim version of the Christian Apostles’ Creed daily.
They are NOT our friends – and by they, I mean Muslims in general, not just Saudis. And frankly, the schools are not our friends, either; they disallow any mention of Christianity but allow 3 weeks of Muslim brainwashing?
Nancy Assaf says
This will create so much wealth for my State of Louisiana! We need the jobs and the people that do them, and we need to stop buying Saudi oil.
Jeanette says
We need to stop buying Saudi ANYTHING!
including buying into their constant chant that Islam is the religion of peace!
Milo says
We need to become independent of foreign oil but not by polluting the earth any further. Alternative energy sources must be implemented, not drilling for more oil. As stewards of the earth are we allowed to pollute and destroy it, no. Other countries and even the state of California have had great success with alternative energy systems. Trump’s move only lines the pockets of the wealthy investors of oil and himself.
Yes, we need independence from Mideast oil but in ways that benefit all.
Guest says
This is better economically and it makes us more independent from foreign oil. We don’t need to be giving their government money anyway. We shouldn’t be funding Sharia and honor killings at all!
Paul says
Absolutelly magnificent and perfect !