The Obama administration will temporarily ban the sale of new offshore oil drilling leases in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Atlantic coast, Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday, a policy change made…
The Obama administration will temporarily ban the sale of new offshore oil drilling leases in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Atlantic coast, Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday, a policy change made…
In a move aimed at boosting economic activity, the Obama administration has reopened the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling about six weeks ahead of schedule. The Gulf had been closed to drilling after the three-month BP oi…
No one died in the second major Gulf of Mexico oil rig mishap this year, and the fire aboard the Mariner Energy platform didn’t lead to a spill. But that doesn’t make it a win for America: More like a wake-up call that safety i…