By Pedro Nava Member, California State Assembly President George W. Bush announced today that he is lifting the Presidential Moratorium on exploration and drilling on the outer continental shelf. He wants us to believe that off shore drilling is a way to reduce soaring gas prices and decrease America’s reliance on imported oil. If the Moratorium is lifted, oil development and drilling could start off of the Northern California coast, the Central Coast, and near shore along the Southern California coasts at Santa Monica Bay, Palos Verdes Peninsula, La Jolla, and throughout Orange County. The President’s announcement is sheer political grandstanding and will require further action by the Congress. Unfortunately, it appears as though some members of Congress have decided to reinforce the President’s proposal. I suggest that President Bush read the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences report prepared in 1991 at his father’s request while he was president. That report found that there was insufficient scientific data to permit leasing in sensitive ocean waters. You could not secure adequate protection for the marine environment and drill for oil. President George H.W. Bush became known as the “Environmental President” because he initiated the first Moratorium. Because of President Bush’s’ actions, I have introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 51 which voices the California State Legislature’s opposition to any f ...
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By Pedro Nava Member, California State Assembly President George W. Bush announced today that he is lifting the Presidential Moratorium on exploration and drilling on the outer continental shelf. He wants us to believe that off shore drilling is a way to reduce soaring gas prices and decrease America’s reliance on imported oil. If the Moratorium is lifted, oil development and drilling could start off of the Northern California coast, the Central Coast, and near shore along the Southern California coasts at Santa Monica Bay, Palos Verdes Peninsula, La Jolla, and throughout Orange County. The President’s announcement is sheer political grandstanding and will require further action by the Congress. Unfortunately, it appears as though some members of Congress have decided to reinforce the President’s proposal. I suggest that President Bush read the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences report prepared in 1991 at his father’s request while he was president. That report found that there was insufficient scientific data to permit leasing in sensitive ocean waters. You could not secure adequate protection for the marine environment and drill for oil. President George H.W. Bush became known as the “Environmental President” because he initiated the first Moratorium. Because of President Bush’s’ actions, I have introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 51 which voices the California State Legislature’s opposition to any f ...