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Hey Don I asked about that court case because it looked from what I saw that the state of California actually sued the federal govt? Is a lawsuit also possible in this case? I suspect a lot of these so-called fossil fuel workers (which are low quality bad health and low paying jobs anyway) live on the Gulf coast so how are they going to explain to their families that they have to move because the work they are doing caused the sea level to rise and drowned entire towns in the process?

Yes the main problem are these companies who pollute, but their enablers who are policymakers seem like they are either completely dumb or completely corrupt. This woman who probably isn't even a scientist let alone a climate scientist, had the gall to downplay an IPCC report. I'm not even sure she has enough brain cells to understand the report. We put these mediocre policymakers in charge and achieve mediocre results. Unfortunately mediocre doesn't cut it anymore. On top of that, what I find deeply disturbing is we have another mediocre policymaker, Vilsap who is in charge of AG who is completely corrupt at best and at worst an out and out racist. People like that have such a conflict of interest that one wonders if the whole system "works" via bribery.

This lady needs to be sent to the bottom of the GOM. I'd actually rather have a series of Cat 5's in the GOM completely wreck the fossil fuel cartels.....one can only dream

OTHER ALTERNATIVES ANALYZED IN THE 2018 GOM SUPPLEMENTAL EIS Alternative B in the 2018 GOM Supplemental EIS would have offered for lease all available, unleased blocks within the CPA and EPA portions of the proposed lease sale area for oil and gas operations, with the following exceptions: whole and portions of blocks deferred by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, and blocks that are adjacent to or beyond the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone in the area known as the northern portion of the Eastern Gap. Available blocks within the WPA would not be offered for lease under this alternative. Additionally, the following blocks would also be excluded: depth-restricted, segregated portions of Block 299, Main Pass Area, South and East Addition (Louisiana Leasing Map LA10A); blocks where the lease status is currently under appeal; and whole or partial blocks that received bids in previous lease sales, where the bidder has sought reconsideration of BOEM’s rejection of their bid, unless the reconsideration request is fully resolved at least 30 days prior to publication of the Final Notice of Sale. BOEM considered the oil and gas resource potential in the CPA and EPA and the likelihood of industry to develop those oil and gas resources in the context of social, economic, and environmental values, impacts, and concerns. Alternative B could potentially result in a slightly smaller amount of activity than forecasted for Alternative A (1.0-3.6% of the forecasted cumulative OCS oil and gas activity in the GOM). Approximately 53 million ac of the proposed lease sale area would have been available for lease under Alternative B. This alternative was not selected because it does not provide a timely opportunity for bidding on rejected, relinquished, or expired OCS lease blocks from the WPA as is provided in the chosen alternative, i.e., holding a region-wide lease sale. Further, the incremental contribution of the possible negative impacts of the selected alternative is expected to be only slightly greater than those of Alternative B. For these reasons, I did not choose Alternative B. Alternative C would have offered for lease all available, unleased blocks within the WPA portion of the proposed lease sale area for oil and gas operations, except for whole and partial blocks within the boundary of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary as of the July 2008 Memorandum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of US OCS from Leasing Disposition. Available blocks within the CPA and EPA would not be offered for lease under this alternative. Additionally, due to their lease status, the following blocks would also be excluded: blocks where the lease status is currently under appeal and whole or partial blocks that received bids in previous lease sales, where the bidder has sought reconsideration of BOEM’s rejection of their 9 bid, unless the reconsideration request is fully resolved at least 30 days prior to publication of the Final Notice of Sale. BOEM considered the oil and gas resource potential in the WPA and the likelihood of industry to develop those oil and gas resources in the context of social, economic, and environmental values, impacts, and concerns. Alternative C could potentially result in only 0.2-0.6% of the forecasted cumulative OCS oil- and gas-related activity in the GOM, which is much smaller than either Alternative A or B. Approximately 26.9 million ac of the proposed lease sale area would have been available for lease under Alternative C. This alternative was not selected because it does not provide as prompt an opportunity for bidding on rejected, relinquished, or expired OCS lease blocks from the CPA and EPA as is provided in the chosen alternative, i.e., holding a regionwide lease sale. Moreover, because those planning areas likely would be considered separately for potential leasing under the current program, Alternative C is not certain to result in meaningfully different levels of oil and gas-related activity. For these reasons, I did not choose Alternative C. Alternative D would have offered for lease all available, unleased blocks under either Alternative A (the chosen region-wide Lease Sale 257 decision), B, or C, but would have excluded from the lease sale all blocks in Alternative A subject to either the Topographic Features, Live Bottom (Pinnacle Trend), and/or Blocks South of Baldwin County, Alabama, Stipulations, precluding economic benefits of oil and gas that could be developed in these blocks. Other than these block exclusions, all other aspects of Alternative D, including potential mitigation measures and estimates of resource production, are the same as for the chosen GOM Lease Sale 257 decision. Alternative D was not selected. Its impacts are expected to be nearly the same as those for the selected alternative. Compared to Alternative D, the incremental contribution of possible negative impacts attributable to the selected alternative is expected to be slight, and these negative impacts should be largely mitigated by the adoption of the Topographic Features Stipulation, Live Bottom Stipulation, the Blocks South of Baldwin County, Alabama, Stipulation (refer to Section 5), and site-specific mitigation measures that may be imposed at the plan or permit stages. Therefore, the minimal decrease in impacts that might be avoided did not outweigh the benefits of the oil and gas resources that could be produced by holding a regionwide lease sale that did not exclude these blocks. For these reasons, I did not choose Alternative D. GOM Lease Sale 257 would not be held under Alternative E, which is the No Action Alternative analyzed in the 2018 GOM Supplemental EIS. Alternative E was not selected because if it were, revenue would not be collected by the Federal Government nor subsequently disbursed to the States. If the proposed GOM region-wide lease sale were not held, the overall near-term level of OCS oil and gas-related activity in the region would be reduced. However, not holding a single lease sale would not significantly change the overall activity levels in the GOM (i.e., on blocks leased in previous lease sales) and the associated environmental impacts in the near term. 10 4. ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE BOEM identified Alternative E, defined as the No Action Alternative, as environmentally preferable in the 2018 GOM Supplemental EIS. The No Action Alternative is considered environmentally preferable because not holding the lease sale would preclude OCS oil- and gas related activities related to new leases from occurring, along with the resulting environmental effects in the Gulf of Mexico. However, significant OCS oil- and gas-related activity would be expected to continue under existing leases and, with only forty-eight percent of leases with approved exploration plans or development plans, the majority of currently leased blocks are still in the early exploration phase. Therefore, a no action alternative will not have immediate environmental benefits. It is also possible that in the short term, assuming OCS oil- and gasrelated activities remain confined to acreage currently leased, OCS operators would likely reevaluate their exploration, delineation, and development strategies across their existing portfolio and reallocate resources accordingly. This could also lead to small increases in the intensity of the activities in already leased areas and attendant small increases in impacts in those areas.

so this is the person we need to go after? _______________________________________ _______________ Laura Daniel-Davis Date Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Land and Minerals Management cool so let's dig up dirt on her and completely ruin her life and get her canned.....I'm game!

alright so this is a bunch of hogwash but I'm interested in this legal case, what was this about? On August 9, 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new report detailing observations of a rapidly changing climate in every region globally. This report does not present sufficient cause to supplement the EIS, at this time. See Stand Up for California! v. United States Dep’t of the Interior, 994 F.3d 616, 628 (D.C. Cir. 2021). The report as well as additional analysis of climate change may be a significant consideration in the Department’s decisions regarding oil and gas leasing programs in the future. The decision to hold Lease Sale 257 recognizes the role that GOM oil and gas resources play in addressing the Nation’s demand for domestic energy sources and fosters economic benefits, including employment, labor income, and tax revenues, which are highest in Gulf Coast States and also distributed widely across the United States. Revenues from offshore oil and gas lease 1 Mitigations for Alternative A include seismic airgun survey protocol (NTL 2016-BOEM-G02), guidance for vessel strike avoidance, guidance for marine debris awareness, avoidance of sensitive benthic resources, guidance for avoidance of historic and prehistoric sites, guidance for shallow hazards surveying and reporting, consultation in or near National Marine Sanctuaries, guidance for military coordination, and guidance for ancillary activities (Oil and Gas Program only). 8 sales support national conservation programs and coastal resiliency for applicable coastal states and political subdivisions under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006.

If he doesn't do anything this will be a one term presidency and he should know that. I will not vote in the next presidential election and I dont care if Satan itself is running the country, let it all burn to hell. The faster humanity gets destroyed the better and I know I'm not the only one who feels this way.

Hey I have a novel idea-- why doesn't the rest of the world boycott America and American products. America needs to be treated like Iran and be forced to change, or make the American economy crash......

This is why I dont blame activists using whatever means necessary to end the fossil fuel cartels. No one else has the guts to do it. But one question, who is the moron who wrote this: Page 7 declares that the recent IPCC report “does not present sufficient cause” to block the sale of new oil and gas leases Do they not see what's happening on the planet right now? Also aren't fossil fuel cartel heads being forced to testify before Congress right now because of what Greenpeace uncovered about them using underhanded techniques in lobbying?

I think Larry is the furthest north a TC has ever made landfall and then it brought snow to Greenland which is amazing. I think we'll all end up moving north, I have a feeling Greenland is going to turn into a resort and NYC will be underwater by then anyway. Might not even have to wait that long, looks like people have been leaving NYC in droves even before it goes underwater

what exactly caused this dramatic reversal? Was it something unforeseen and unforecastable?

that looks like a pattern where a TC if it was in the western atlantic would come right at us

glad to see the sun is out!

yay the sun is out

I detest this cloudy dreary weather time to bring in a fall front and clear out this mess

awesome all our local teams are like clones of each other in every sport lol (except the Islanders, they've played well the last two seasons)

looks like highs in the 60s later next week? 40s for lows?

well if you combine the two statements, the second part is almost right, because we did get only about an inch of rain in Sandy....

can we get a sunshine percentage forecast? I am sick and tired of cloudy days "warm" temperatures or not. Amount of sunshine is more important for those of us who like to enjoy being outdoors

it's on governments to give land to these communities. I also believe that people living in oceanic nations need to be taken in by other nations and given land to live on

wait Long Island had 30" of snow in March? Not here lol Why is March snow so localized compared to say January snows? Maybe it's because with the higher sun angle it's much harder for urbanized areas to accumulate snow in March?

we had some brief sunny periods early in the afternoon and that did make it feel hot

arent SST maxing out in September though?

I'd be okay with no more disgusting 70+ dew points ever again

so you dont believe climate models when it comes to climate change but you do believe in this huh?