History Behind Virginia Lease Sale 220
Daily Kos has a good historical background piece on how it is that Virginia Lease Sale 220 stands ready to be sold to the highest bidder within the next two years. Check it out… “Let’s Give Virginia a Big Oily Wedgie”.
The author unfortunately left out the role Sen. Frank Wagner played. The oil-soaked Bush Administration ate up all the lies and half-truths he served their way.
For instance, here’s blurbs from his testimony before a Congressional subcommittee:
“To that end, Virginia has adopted Renewable Portfolio Standards and we will continue to move aggressively in our conservation efforts, which include constructing green buildings and mandating that a percentage of energy used by state government come from renewable resources. Unfortunately, many of the very same environmental groups that demand the development of non-fossil fuel energy sources use every opportunity to block renewable energy projects in Virginia.”
“Keeping Virginia in the five year program is consistent with the desire of the Virginia General Assembly and over 70% of the people in Tidewater, Virginia, who have voiced firm support for offshore exploration and drilling off Virginia’s coast in polls conducted by several elected officials.”
In trying to find at least some humor in all the pain Wagner causes, I did find it very funny when he pretended to be delightfully surprised that Virginia got enrolled in the early drilling program. He’s not a very good actor. Don’t give up your day job as a industrial polluter, Frank.
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