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Turborama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-10 11:30 AM
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4. Obama imposes 7-year drilling ban in eastern Gulf of Mexico
Source: CNN

President Barack Obama will not be allowing new drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico for at least seven years, according to a senior administration official.

The ban is being imposed as a result of the April 20 explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf that killed 11 people and triggered one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history.

An estimated 4.9 million barrels (206 million gallons) of oil gushed into the Gulf before the broken well, 5,000 feet below the surface, was capped.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is scheduled to hold a briefing on the decision at 1:30 p.m. ET Wednesday.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/01/obama.gulf.d... /
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  -W.H. Official: No New Drilling off Florida sabra  Dec-01-10 09:40 AM   #0 
  - Good  dipsydoodle   Dec-01-10 09:45 AM   #1 
  - A bit of good news before I head off to school. Recommended. nt  ZombieHorde   Dec-01-10 09:47 AM   #2 
  - Brilliant !!! I tell ya,,,Brilliant!!!  goforit   Dec-01-10 09:48 AM   #3 
  - Obama imposes 7-year drilling ban in eastern Gulf of Mexico  Turborama   Dec-01-10 11:30 AM   #4 
  - WTF? Why?  robcon   Dec-01-10 11:30 AM   #5 
  - You really don't get the ban?  Recursion   Dec-01-10 11:30 AM   #9 
     - What has that spill to do with new drilling?  robcon   Dec-01-10 11:44 AM   #17 
        - No, I think wells that are never drilled will not leak  Recursion   Dec-01-10 11:45 AM   #18 
  - I guess it's okay if the western Gulf of Mexico eats sludge. nt  Ilsa   Dec-01-10 11:30 AM   #6 
  - You're right. It's better to do nothing than to do less than everything.  Recursion   Dec-01-10 11:30 AM   #10 
     - Well, maybe if you were affected by this like those of us living  Ilsa   Dec-01-10 05:30 PM   #28 
        - Hi. I grew up in Pass Christian.  Recursion   Dec-01-10 05:54 PM   #29 
           - Are you living in the northern gulf now? Nope, guess not. How rich.  Ilsa   Dec-01-10 05:58 PM   #30 
              - Yes, we will  Recursion   Dec-01-10 06:02 PM   #31 
                 - For Gods' sake, did you even read my earlier post? I said I'm happy  Ilsa   Dec-01-10 08:02 PM   #32 
  - The BP disaster happened in the western gulf. The gulf stream and weather  Ilsa   Dec-01-10 11:30 AM   #7 
  - This will protect FL waters;  greiner3   Dec-01-10 11:30 AM   #8 
  - Interesting how even when it's something good,  Fruittree   Dec-01-10 11:30 AM   #11 
  - I have to admit to being a bit surprised, too  Turborama   Dec-01-10 11:30 AM   #14 
  - Aren't the Chinese and Cubans now drilling...  Imajika   Dec-01-10 11:30 AM   #12 
  - Good point - and the Cuban drilling area is smackdab in the middle of hurricane alley  Baclava   Dec-01-10 11:38 AM   #16 
     - wrong spot  Ginto   Dec-01-10 11:53 AM   #19 
     - Exactly..  Imajika   Dec-01-10 11:56 AM   #21 
     - I applaud President Obama for doing the right thing  Baclava   Dec-01-10 12:17 PM   #22 
     - Cuba needs the foreign exchange funds to be derived from oil.  dipsydoodle   Dec-01-10 01:58 PM   #23 
  - Thank goodness BP could point out his folly.  obxhead   Dec-01-10 11:30 AM   #13 
  - Kicked and recommended.  Uncle Joe   Dec-01-10 11:34 AM   #15 
  - Obama needs to find a way that no country can drill in the Gulf. Go to the UN.  Ginto   Dec-01-10 11:53 AM   #20 
  - Be interesting to see him try that one  dipsydoodle   Dec-01-10 02:00 PM   #24 
  - Obama: No offshore drilling in East Coast waters  jefferson_dem   Dec-01-10 02:36 PM   #25 
     - At least some good news. I needed some.  Mass   Dec-01-10 02:36 PM   #26 
     - Republicans respond:  JackintheGreen   Dec-01-10 02:36 PM   #27 
 

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