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Offshore Drilling Projects Move Forward Despite Moratorium
By David Sessions - Politics DailyGovernment regulators have granted seven permits for various types of drilling and five environmental waivers since President Obama announced a moratorium on offshore drilling projects, the New York Times reports. On May 14, in response to the massive oil spill at a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico, Obama announced a halt to new deepwater drilling projects and the end of the full waiver of environmental review BP received for its Deepwater Horizon rig. Since the well exploded on April 20, the Department of the Interior has granted 19 environmental waivers for gulf drilling projects and 17 ...
BP Oil Spill: America Responds
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Gulf Oil Spill: Flow May Be 14 Times Greater Than First Thought
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe government initially estimated that 5,000 barrels of oil per day are pouring into the Gulf of Mexico from the BP well that exploded April 20. That number came -- hastily -- from government scientists in Seattle, and quickly filtered through the media. Now, independent teams of analysts are using other technologies to calculate the size of the spill, and concluding that the government estimate is way off. In an analysis for NPR, Steven Wereley of Purdue University used particle image velocimetry, a scanning technology used to determine volume and movement of fluid. Wereley analyzed a video ...
Kerry-Lieberman Energy-Reform Bill Adds Offshore Drilling Control
By Annie Snider - Politics DailyAs hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil continued leaking into the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) unveiled their much-awaited energy-reform bill, which includes a provision that gives states veto power over new drilling off their coastlines. Overall, the bill aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, and 83 percent by 2050, and to reduce American dependence on foreign oil. "The American Power Act is a decision to seize this moment to transform our nation's energy policy from a national weakness into a ...
Support for Offshore Drilling Drops; Public Pans Gulf Oil Spill Response
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySupport for offshore drilling has dropped in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and a majority of Americans give negative marks to the federal government and BP, the company that leased the rig, for their response to the environmental disaster, according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted May 6-9. The percentage of Americans in favor of offshore drilling fell from 63 percent in February to 54 percent after the spill. In April 2009, 68 percent had back offshore exploration and drilling. ...
Oil Spill: We Get It. We're On It.
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Sen. Bill Nelson Wants Stop to New Offshore Drilling As Oil Spill Worsens
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyAs a massive oil slick made its way toward the Gulf Coast Thursday, Florida's senior senator called on President Obama to put a emergency moratorium on all new offshore oil drilling. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat, also introduced a bill to stop the Obama administration from moving forward with a plan to expand offshore oil drilling to the area of the Outer Continental Shelf. In a letter to the president, Nelson specifically asked for an immediate halt to operations on test wells and exploratory activities in all coastal waters until the cause of the Deep Water test well spill is known. That ...
Palin Slams Obama Plan to Expand Drilling as Stall Tactic
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyIt didn't take long for critics from both sides of the drilling argument to jump all over President Obama's plan to expand offshore oil and gas exploration along the Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin urged Republican senators not to "take the bait" and said the president was simply trying to shift focus away from new environmental regulations and the revival of costly global warming legislation in the Senate. "Instead of 'drill baby drill,' " she said, echoing her battle cry as a 2008 vice presidential candidate, "the more you look at this, the more you ...
How Offshore Drilling Affects US Military
By Dale Eisman - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (March 31) -- President Barack Obama's decision to expand offshore energy development could put oil platforms in the middle of some of the military's prime East Coast training areas, tracts of open ocean and airspace now largely reserved for ship maneuvers, bombing runs and naval gunfire. And the armed forces, which have long zealously guarded their training grounds, apparently are fine with it. Environmentalists howled Wednesday about the administration's plan to push oil and gas drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Virginia coast. Alex Wong, Getty Images President ...
White House to Outline Plan for Off-Shore Oil Drilling
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe Obama administration is expected to announce Wednesday whether it will allow drilling in the ocean off the East Coast, as it outlines its updated plan for oil and natural gas exploration. It's likely President Obama will speak about off-shore drilling in a speech on energy security at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, but the White House wouldn't confirm it, reported Reuters. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has said he wanted to release the updated drilling plan by the end of March. Last year Obama halted a Bush administration plan to drill along the East Coast and off California. A two ...
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