After Obama lifts ban, Feds approve new oil well in Gulf of Mexico today

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: June 2, 2010 4:17:45 PM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] After Obama lifts ban, Feds approve new oil well in Gulf of Mexico today

After Obama lifts ban, Feds approve new oil well in Gulf of Mexico today
by: Chris Bowers
Wed Jun 02, 2010 at 14:35
<http://www.openleft.com/diary/18944/feds-approve-new-oil-well-in-gulf-of-mexico>

That any ban on offshore drilling would be lifted last week, as the BP disaster only got worse, is difficult to fathom. 
Unfortunately, that is exactly what the Obama administration did, which today has resulted in the approval of a new 
offshore oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.  Seriously:
Federal regulators have approved the first new Gulf of Mexico oil well since President Barack Obama lifted a brief ban 
on drilling in shallow water.(...)
Obama has extended a moratorium on wells in deep water like the BP one that blew out in April and is gushing millions 
of gallons of oil. But the president quietly lifted a brief ban last week on drilling in shallow water.

Ironically, this new oil well was approved not only as the BP disaster continues to unfold, but as President Obama is 
set to deliver a big speech today at Carnegie Mellon University on the state of the economy.  The speech will also 
focus on the need to invest in renewable energy and the passage of energy / climate change legislation.

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