I need a good article on MMS and Cheney's relationship detailing

[Lochloosa]

the loosing of the regulations during the shrubs administration.

Something balanced if possible.

Thanks.

Lochloosa

[sketchy]

1. Here's one...

Link:

http://climateprogress.org/2010/06/02/bp-oil-disaster-is-cheney%E2%80%99s-katrina/

[Lochloosa]

3. Thanks sketchy.

68 post since 2004? That's impressive.

[sketchy]

6. You're welcome!

Yeah, I just really feel I have so much yet to learn before I throw my 2 cents in, and it's taking me a number of years.

:)

[babylonsister]

2. Here's two for you to check out...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8512227

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8476626

[Lochloosa]

4. Thanks.

[mrJJ]

5. Here are a couple of links

Mr. Chris Oynes :

The Director of MMS and OffShore Drilling Chris Oynes who was responsible for negotiating offshore oil lease. I find it interesting that he resigned May 31, just before the President ordered an investigation into the BP matter.

Mr. Chris Oynes was named in 2007 as the Associate Director of the Offshore Energy and Minerals Management Program. His responsibilities include administering the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas program as well as developing and implementing the new alternative energy program in the Federal OCS. Mr. Oynes had served as the Regional Director of the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) Gulf of Mexico OCS Region in New Orleans for 12 years and previously as the Deputy Regional Director. His involvement with the MMS has covered a wide range of issues. He has been actively involved in how MMS conducts its resource projections and its environmental reviews, and THE OPERATIONAL SAFEGARDS IT IMPOSES.

BP secured approval to drill the Prospect from MMS in March 2009 without MMS requiring use of an acoustic blowout preventer actuation alternative.

http://www.politicolnews.com/bp-oil-lease-mms-head-resigns/

Mr Oynes was promoted to his last position by:

Randal Luthi:

Randall Luthi served as Deputy Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service until being moved to the DOI’s Mineral Management Service (MMS) , where he worked from 2007 to the end of the Bush administration. While Luthi headed MMS, the department was involved in a deep ethics scandal that “ allegations of financial self-dealing, accepting gifts from energy companies, cocaine use and sexual misconduct.” Luthi is a close ally of Dick Cheney – his career goes back 30 years to when he interned for the former Vice President in 1982. Luthi is currently president of the National Ocean Industries Association, an oil industry group whose goal is to “secure reliable access and a favorable regulatory and economic environment.” Following the BP oil spill, the former MMS director’s organization stood in opposition of raising liability caps on the offshore industry.

http://thinkprogress.org/interior-scandals-under-bush


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[mrJJ]

7. Administration Moves to Protect Key Appointees

Administration Moves to Protect Key Appointees

Political Positions Shifted To Career Civil Service Jobs

Just weeks before leaving office, the Interior Department's top lawyer has shifted half a dozen key deputies -- including two former political appointees who have been involved in controversial environmental decisions -- into senior civil service posts.

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The personnel moves come as Bush administration officials are scrambling to cement in place policy and regulatory initiatives that touch on issues such as federal drinking-water standards, air quality at national parks, mountaintop mining and fisheries limits.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111703537.html?hpid=topnews