tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post66493483086758146..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: Put Great Lakes Drilling Ban In Wisconsin ConstitutionJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-70509302256191337032010-08-18T18:59:45.740-05:002010-08-18T18:59:45.740-05:00Not so. Section 386 of the The Energy Policy Act o...Not so. Section 386 of the The Energy Policy Act of 2005 banned the federal or state governments from issuing any permits or leases for drilling in or under the Great Lakes. There is a federal law against drilling, but it could be easily reversed by a future legislative action.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-25301369633249555922010-06-24T11:35:32.135-05:002010-06-24T11:35:32.135-05:00There is no federal law against drilling in the Gr...There is no federal law against drilling in the Great Lakes, Anonymous, but I won't call you a bonehead anyway.xoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846380556286798188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-66733989295645252132010-06-24T10:52:47.964-05:002010-06-24T10:52:47.964-05:00Yes and lets ban Asian Carp too. THink you can pul...Yes and lets ban Asian Carp too. THink you can pull this off? Lets first return the legislature to PT status it seems they have too much time to consider rediculous stupidity. Such as this. Its a Federal law bonehead, don't need a state one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-79373777922685881012010-06-21T15:20:48.917-05:002010-06-21T15:20:48.917-05:00And let's include natural gas drilling, too.
...And let's include natural gas drilling, too.<br /><br />--JohnJohn Kaufmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-4918823595873442392010-06-21T14:05:39.605-05:002010-06-21T14:05:39.605-05:00Sure, James. Good idea. Let's do it.
Regards,...Sure, James. Good idea. Let's do it.<br /><br />Regards, JohnJohn Kaufmanhttp://kaufmansgull.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-8492563030302367952010-06-21T13:30:32.412-05:002010-06-21T13:30:32.412-05:00Protecting the Great Lakes against oil drilling wo...Protecting the Great Lakes against oil drilling would be an excellent articulation of the long-standing Public Trust Doctrine. The United States Supreme Court in Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois first observed, as a matter of trust obligation, that “the general control of the State over lands under the navigable waters of an entire harbor or bay, or of a sea or lake” cannot be abdicated, and “cannot be relinquished by a transfer of the property.” This case involved Lake Michigan’s lakebed at Chicago and established that the State of Illinois could not abandon its trust responsibilities by granting the lakebed to a railroad. If not even a railroad, then certainly not oil drilling that has the potential to devastate the largest supply of fresh surface water in the U.S.Melissa Scanlannoreply@blogger.com