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Drilling moratorium challenged by offshore company
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The ban on deepwater petroleum drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is being challenged by a Louisiana oil…
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U.S. Offshore Drilling Moratorium May End Sooner, Salazar Says
The Obama administration’s six-month shutdown of 33 rigs to overhaul offshore drilling regulations might end sooner than planned, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told a Senate committee today.
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BP oil spill: Barack Obama to extend moratorium on deepwater drilling for 6 months
President Barack Obama will extend a moratorium on deepwater oil drilling for six months while a commission studies the reasons for the Gulf of Mexico spill.
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Obama Extends Moratorium on Deepwater Drilling
President Obama is extending a moratorium on deepwater oil drilling by six months. In a White House news conference, Obama unveiled new federal guidelines for offshore drilling.
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N.J. officials ask Pres. Obama to reinstate moratorium on off-shore drilling off Atlantic coast
Elizabeth Bordelon/AFP/Getty ImagesIn this image released by the US Coast Guard, response boats work to clean up oil where the Deepwater Horizon oil rig sank on April 22, 2010. The mobile offshore drilling platform was engulfed in flames after an…
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Gulf oil spill: More calls for moratorium on offshore drilling Los Angeles Times (blog) … Tranquillon Ridge area as a way to fight looming budget gaps, but this week backed away from the proposal, citing the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. … and more »

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