Kerpen on drilling: 'Obama is talking about lifting a nonexistent ban' | Americans for Prosperity

President Obama announces today that he will "allow" oil drilling off the coast of Virginia. AFP Vice President for Policy Phil Kerpen issued the following statement:

"Obama is talking about lifting a nonexistent ban! Bush lifted the executive ban in July 2008, and Congress lifted the legislative ban in October 2008. There is no legal impediment to drilling now, except that the Obama administration refuses to offer leases. So the idea that this is a big concession in exchange for which Congress should jumpstart climate legislation is ridiculous. I'll believe they are really allowing drilling when they actually offer leases. Also, the 50-mile restriction means he is actually ADDING a NEW moratorium on waters inside of 50 miles."

Can Humans "Manage" the Atmosphere? - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

...we’re poised to move from a mainly extractive relationship with the planet to a more managerial role.

[Flashback: Could UN leadership "manage" to give out the right number of credentials to their great global warming hoax pow-wow?]

How big was the circus? Well, to begin with, the organizers of the event gave credentials to 45,000 people even though the venue could only hold 15,000. Thus, many of the world’s most strident promoters of climate alarmism were forced to stand outside of the event for hours at a time. On Wednesday, the long queue of people waiting to get in the event were dusted with a brief snow shower, an event that left one blogger fuming and demanding a “huge apology” from the UN. (No reports yet on exactly when that apology will be delivered.)