Danger, Danger – Barry-O Smacks Down Natural Gas Production

While Americans focused their attention on the Colombian controversy involving U.S. Secret Service agents, prostitutes and excessive drinking, President Obama quietly signed his latest Presidential Executive Order.

REMEMBER a P.O. has the effect of law unless legislation by the Congress (House and Senate) is passed countermanding it. And if the President vetoes that legislation there has to be a 2/3 vote to overcome his veto. So in effect a P.O. sets law WITHOUT the intened filter through Congress

The Supporting Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Resources Executive Order seeks to create what amounts to a Presidential super committee that will oversee the regulation and development of the ‘unconventional’ natural gas industry for the purpose of ensuring a long-term natural gas supply for the United States, as well as to do so in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. …

Now that the President has given the go ahead, there’s nothing holding the government back. The fracking industry stands to be impacted almost immediately, with federal agencies prepared to tear into operations nationwide in short order. …

According to opponents of the legislation, by Presidential decree the federal government can now coordinate action through thirteen core federal agencies against any domestic natural gas production facility and according to standards determined to be appropriate not by law, but because of political agenda.

Read more: http://times247.com/articles/obama-s-fracking-power-grab-goes-full-steam-ahead#ixzz1sLMLAzfZ