Thursday, February 18, 2010
Shhh: Public Comments Favor Drilling - Washington Wire - WSJ
This isn't pretty.
I guess if things don't turn out the way you want them to, you just don't mention them.
Oh yeah. And then there's that word: "transparency"...
I guess if things don't turn out the way you want them to, you just don't mention them.
Oh yeah. And then there's that word: "transparency"...
At WSJ.com, Stephen Power begins his column with:
"An email last fall from a top Interior Department official indicates public comments ran two-to-one in favor of a Bush administration plan to expand offshore drilling.
The email from Liz Birnbaum, director of the Minerals Management Service which manages the nation’s offshore oil and natural gas reserves, also suggests how Interior Secretary Ken Salazar could avoid publicly acknowledging the support for the plan, which calls for opening the Atlantic seaboard to drilling, a step many environmentalists and some Democrats oppose."
