President "sticks a fork" in offshore drilling

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National Journal  . . . "The Obama ad­min­is­tra­tion still has more de­cisions to make about policy in the Arc­tic seas, which are es­tim­ated to con­tain 23 bil­lion bar­rels of re­cov­er­able oil. Off­shore lease sales are planned in five-year in­cre­ments. A draft plan for 2017-2022 floated in Janu­ary in­cludes Arc­tic auc­tions in 2020 and 2022, but it’s un­clear wheth­er the fi­nal plan will in­clude those sales.

"Fri­day’s de­cisions drew quick GOP cri­ti­cism. Rep. Rob Bish­op, the chair­man of the House Nat­ur­al Re­sources Com­mit­tee, bashed the can­cel­la­tion of new lease sales.

“ 'While the Obama ad­min­is­tra­tion pats it­self on the back, [Rus­si­an Pres­id­ent Vladi­mir] Putin is pat­ting this ad­min­is­tra­tion on the head. Obama has once again played dir­ectly in­to Rus­sia’s hands as he des­troys our na­tion’s en­ergy po­ten­tial,” Bish­op said."