The Washington Times
  • Subscribe
  • Times News Services
  • RSS
  • Mobile Headlines
  • e-edition
  • E-MAIL ALERTS
  • REGISTER
  • LOG IN
  • E-MAIL ALERTS
  • WELCOME
  • Your Profile
  • Log Out
  • Front Page Image
  • Classifieds
  • Autos
  • Real Estate
  • Jobs
  • Special Sections
  • Customer Service
  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Sports
    • NFL
    • NBA/WNBA
    • MLB
    • NHL
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • Motorsports
    • Soccer
    • NCAA
    • Olympics
    • Outdoors
    • Other
  • Culture
    • Home & Living
    • Family & Kids
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Travel
    • Health
    • Washington Visitors
    • Books
    • Military History
    • Life
    • Auto
    • TV Listings
    • Movie Listings
    • Death Notices
    • Entertainment
  • Themes
  • Communities
  • Shopping
    • Stores
    • Coupons
    • Daily Double
    • Promotion
    • How It Works
  • Videos
    • Two Guys
    • Birnbaum on Washington
    • Liz Glover
    • Amanda Carpenter
    • Morning Briefing
    • Documentaries
    • Joe Giganti
    • Video Game Minute
  • Podcasts
    • About Headlines
    • Audio and Radio
    • America's Morning News
  • World
  • National
  • Politics
  • National Security
  • DC Area
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Technology
  • Investigations
  • Faith
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Headlines
  • Citizen Journalism
  • Politics

    Massive bill steals show in health care debate

  • Commentary

    Al Qaeda's prospects

  • Sports

    Slow start dooms Capitals

  • National

    Winfrey: Prayer influenced 2011 exit

  • Politics

    Report: ACORN mismanaged grant money

  • Politics

    Obama's approval rating falls below 50%

  • Local

    Report: D.C. schools chief Rhee mishandled sexual misconduct scandal

Home » News » Politics

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Inside Politics

Rate this story

Average 0.00
after 0 votes
Login or register to rate this story

  • Font Size -+
  • Print
  • Email
  • Comment
  • Tweet this!
  • Share
  • Article
  • Comments ()
  • Click-2-Listen
  • Videos
Please stand by, images loading!
  • GETTY IMAGES
** FILE Interior Secretary Ken Salazar

More Politics Stories

  • ANALYSIS: Obama takes a bow, but applause is weak
  • Military academies lack minority nominees
  • Republican governors: 'Opt out' unworkable
  • ANALYSIS: Obama's global posture bows to delayed gratification

By Sean Lengell

ARCTIC BLASTS

Almost 300,000 people have asked Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to halt oil and gas activities in the U.S. Arctic region and to permanently protect Alaska's Bristol Bay from drilling.

The requests were in response to a new offshore drilling plan pushed through by the George W.Bush administration during its last days that calls for opening most of Alaska's Arctic Ocean region and 5.6 million acres of Bristol Bay to oil and gas development.

The public comment period - extended to 180 days by Mr. Salazar when he took office in February - ended Monday.

"The American public has unequivocally said that Bush's aggressive plans for oil and gas development have no place in America's Arctic and Bristol Bay," said Cindy Shogan, executive director of the Alaska Wilderness League. "Secretary Salazar pledged to make wise decisions based on sound information. We urge him to continue the process he has begun and come up with a rigorous plan that ensures the survival of these two national treasures."

More than 400 scientists from the United States and 20 other countries also have sent a letter to the Obama administration, saying Mr. Bush's plan was created without sufficient scientific understanding of environmental consequences and without full consultation with indigenous residents.

"We still have a chance to do it right in the Arctic," said Jeffrey Short, Pacific science director for Oceana and former National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration research chemist. "All we're really asking is that we look before we leap."

GINGRICH ON HEALTH

"We do need basic health reforms," writes former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on Monday. "But their focus should be on maximizing patient choice and freeing health care providers.

"If we embrace reforms such as expanding Health Savings Accounts, patients and their doctors will, through billions of decentralized decisions, determine the percentage of [gross domestic product] that should be spent on health care.

[Get Copyright Permissions] Click here for reprint permissions!
Copyright 2009 The Washington Times, LLC

123Next »

Post a comment

There are comments on this article, submit your opinion!

Please login or register to post a comment

Ask a Question

You Report

Do you have another point of view, photos, audio, video or more information about a story?

Top Stories

Most Read

  1. Health bill could get 34-hour reading in Senate
  2. Work site arrests of illegals fall dramatically
  3. KELLNER: New Apple mouse really is 'Magic'
  4. Senate health care bill creates new marriage penalty
  5. PRUDEN: Obama bows, the nation cringes
More Top Stories »
  1. Massive bill steals show in health care debate
  2. 19 gang members face racketeering charges
  3. EXCLUSIVE: Taliban chief hides in Pakistan
  4. Report: D.C. schools chief Rhee mishandled sexual misconduct scandal
  5. EXCLUSIVE: Hoffman considering recount claim

Most Shared

  1. Religious leaders vow civil disobedience on anti-life issues
  2. Report: D.C. schools chief Rhee mishandled sexual misconduct scandal
  3. PRUDEN: Obama bows, the nation cringes
  4. Senate health care bill creates new marriage penalty
  5. Faint Shroud of Turin text proves artifact real, book says
More Top Stories »
  1. EDITORIAL: Chicago, Afghan-style
  2. Massive bill steals show in health care debate
  3. Socialist or vast expansion?
  4. EDITORIAL EXCLUSIVE: On terrorists, Justice recused
  5. EXCLUSIVE: Taliban chief hides in Pakistan

Most Commented

  1. PRUDEN: The Third World and Obama
  2. Army lacks guidelines to deal with jihadists in ranks
  3. Religious leaders vow civil disobedience on anti-life issues
  4. Senate health care bill creates new marriage penalty
  5. EDITORIAL: Get ready to bomb Iran
More Top Stories »
  1. Dems up pressure on health bill's holdouts
  2. EXCLUSIVE: Taliban chief hides in Pakistan
  3. Work site arrests of illegals fall dramatically
  4. Unforeseen climate 'crisis'
  5. Obama's approval rating falls below 50%

Listen to Washington Times Radio

  • America's Morning News

    with John McCaslin and Melanie Morgan

Question of the day

Do you think Pakistan has done enough to help us find the terrorists who want to hurt the U.S.?

Blogs & Columns

  • Hot Button Blog

    RNC: Breast cancer recommendations may lead to 'rationing'

  • Belief Blog

    Evangelicals OK civil disobedience

  • Out of Context

    Foods that might kill libido

  • On the Fly

    United lifts some 'award' blocking

  • Technology

    Facebook wins round against phishing spammer

  • Redskins 360

    Rookie Williams hurts ankle

  • SNOBlog

    Beyond 'Woody'

Videos

Advertising Links
TWT Store
  • e-edition
  • Print Edition
  • Weekly Washington Times
TWT Affiliates
  • Middle East Times
  • Golf
  • UPI
  • Arbor Ballroom
  • Washington Times Global
  • About TWT
  • Press Room
  • F.A.Q.
  • Work for TWT
  • Advertise
  • Sponsors
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Map

All site contents © Copyright 2009 The Washington Times, LLC.