Proposed land swap would allow drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge 5

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   Wolverine Posted 5:19 am
   26 Mar 2008

   Likely IllegalI don't think an agency can transfer title of federal land, I think it has to be done by an act of Congress.  Anyone know?

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   Tasermons Partner Posted 6:03 am
   26 Mar 2008

   Land swap......I do know of some deals where federal land was handed over to conservation groups when the government couldn't afford to maintain 'em.
   I don't think it took an act of Congress, or if it did, it was in there with a buncha other stuff attached to some bill.

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   SMLowry Posted 9:18 am
   26 Mar 2008

   Just wrongI believe there have been deals in my neck of the woods, where National Forest land was swapped for other land so a ski area could expand. So I think there's precident. With regard to the wildlife refuge, it's like putting a road in a roadless wilderness area. It totally defeats the purpose of "wilderness" or "refuge". It's wrong and should be stopped. "Value" as in monetary value should have nothing to do with it.

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   caniscandida Posted 9:34 am
   26 Mar 2008

   drilling off the north coast of AlaskaThe CEO of Shell Oil was talking with Charlie Rose last night.  He sounded very reasonable, and thoughtful, and generous, and open-minded.  And he said he liked what Hillary Clinton had to say to the Houston Chamber of Commerce in February: that drilling in the US had to happen.  And he said that that had to take place off the north coast in Alaska, especially in the Chukchi Sea, not in ANWR.
   But he misinterpreted the objections of the environmentalists: Sure, reliance on fossil fuels is horrible for global warming, a global problem, affecting Arctic and Antarctic regions first, so that is a good enough reason to stop drilling in the Chukchi Sea.  But beyond that, the ecosystems of the Chukchi Sea are already fragile, and greatly stressed, and cannot take further intrustions -- and that is something he ignored.

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   mtvyfan Posted 3:21 am
   02 Apr 2008

   How sneaky can you get!Alaska Rep. Don Young (R), an advocate of the swap, admitted it's time sensitive. "The window is the [U.S. presidential] election," he said. "We'd like to have an executive order out of the administration before they leave office."
   They are doing this because they know the new Democratic president (and we all see the way the wind is blowing) will NOT allow it. Some Republican Representatives and Senators are so unethical it makes me want to scream.

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