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Obama Bans New East Coast Offshore Drilling: 3 Possible Reasons
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Dec. 1) -- Don't drill, baby, don't drill. Reversing its pre-BP oil spill disaster position, the Obama administration announced today that it will not engage in offshore drilling on the East Coast of the U.S. and the eastern Gulf of Mexico region, according to The Associated Press. The original policy, announced three weeks before the gulf oil spill, would have permitted authorized drilling from the Delaware coast to waters near central Florida, as well as in northern Alaska. The new policy, however, does maintain the possibility for drilling near Alaska. "Our revised strategy lays out a ...
Seep Detected Near BP Well: What Could It Mean for Oil Spill Capping Efforts?
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(July 19) -- A mysterious seep detected near the BP well has the government on edge and investors nervous: It could indicate that the Macondo well is damaged in places other than the well head, causing additional oil and gas leaks. The government has allowed the new containment cap to stay on today as tests continue, but BP shares fell 2.6 percent because of the news. Surge Desk answers the three most important questions about the seep and gives you the latest on the oil spill in the gulf. 1. What's a seep? A seep, as defined in this context, is a stream of hydrocarbons flowing from the ...
Congressman Seeks Probe of 'FEMA Trailers' in Gulf
By Mara Gay - AOL News(July 2) -- A Mississippi congressman is seeking an investigation into the reported sales of house trailers for gulf oil spill workers even though they may be contaminated with formaldehyde. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., has asked the Justice Department, the General Services Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to investigate. The request by Thompson, chairman of the committee on homeland security, was made Thursday after The New York Times reported that some of the FEMA trailers were being sold as temporary housing units for cleanup workers in Louisiana. Residents ...
Where Is Hurricane Alex?
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(June 30) -- Tropical Storm Alex became Hurricane Alex overnight. It has been heading northwest through the Gulf of Mexico toward Northern Mexico and Southwestern Texas. The hurricane is expected to strengthen as it moves over the warmest waters of the gulf and heads toward land. Where is Hurricane Alex? As of 5:00 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Alex is 79 miles northeast of La Pesca, Mexico, and 107 miles southeast of Brownsville, Texas. It is moving at west at a speed of 11 mph. Powered by storm-tracking software from Stormpulse.com How strong is Hurricane Alex? As of 5:00 p.m. EDT Wednesday, ...
Obama Oil Spill Speech: TV Address Tonight From the Oval Office
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyHe came, he saw, he ate shrimp. Can he conquer? Tonight will tell. President Obama's fourth trip to the Gulf Coast, beginning Monday morning in Gulfport, Mississippi, and wrapping up Tuesday afternoon in Pensacola, Florida, has been one part charm offensive, one part listening tour and one part training session. His 24-hour visit to assess the impact of the spill on local economies and the latest on cleanup efforts will no doubt provide background for his address tonight from the Oval Office -- the first of his presidency. But whether Obama can succeed in laying the case for the federal ...
Washington in 60 Seconds -- So You Think You Can Govern?
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning, Capitolists! As the president jets back from the Gulf Coast in time for his prime-time Oval Office speech about the BP oil spill, Congress will have its hands full with oil, wars and proposals that might bring an end to both. Here's what's happening in Washington today, in the next 60 seconds. - So You Think You Can Govern? President Obama bumps the network TV schedule tonight with his first-ever Oval Office address. The topic, of course, will be the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but the issue will be whether the administration's efforts to avoid the blame for the spill meant ...
Obama Will Return to Gulf Friday as White House Battles to Check Spill
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyWith the situation along the Gulf Coast rapidly deteriorating, President Barack Obama plans a second trip to Louisiana on Friday morning to assess efforts to stop an oil spill that is sending tar balls and black goo onto that state's beaches and into its precious marshes. The White House announced Obama's visit as BP workers readied an operation to plug the deep sea well with a "top kill" of dense mud that is to be shot into the wellhead nearly a mile beneath the surface in the Gulf of Mexico. Obama and his Cabinet have faced increasing pressure to take control of the situation after ...
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 ...
Gulf Oil Spill: Cancellations and Worry Along the Coast
By Ben Sandmel - Politics DailyNEW ORLEANS -- Bearing out many peoples' worst fears during a month of heightening anxiety, thick oil is now coming ashore on stretches of Louisiana's gulf coast, especially the barrier islands. In some cases, the toxic sludge has also entered the inner salt marshes that nurture so much of the Bayou State's marine life, and thus its seafood industry. Patches of oil can be found from the Louisiana's eastward Chandeleur Islands, due south of Biloxi, Miss., to Marsh Island, due south of Lafayette, La. (Both sites are National Wildlife Refuges.) Measured in a relatively straight line along ...
Oil Spill: EPA Orders BP to Use Less Toxic Chemicals
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyGovernment regulators ordered British Petroleum Thursday to use a less toxic chemical to try and clean up the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Environmental Protection Administration gave BP 24 hours to suspend use of the dispersant Corexit and and find a new chemical, The Los Angeles Times reported. The company must submit its list of agents for approval to the EPA. The order comes three days after Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) questioned the toxicity of Corexit, which is banned in Britain because of possible harmful effects to sea life. "I commend the Obama administration ...
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