BP wins approval to resume drilling in Gulf of Mexico

[cory777]

Source: BBC News

BP has won approval to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, 18 months after a well blowout killed 11 workers and caused an environmental disaster.

Regulators approved plans for drilling to depths of up to 6,000ft about 200 miles off the coast of New Orleans.

US officials said in a statement: "Our review of BP's plan included verification of BP's compliance with the heightened standards."



Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15412205

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[aquart]

1. This is the definition of insanity, right?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. It IS!

:banghead:

[lunatica]

17. Yes

I weep for all life in and around the Gulf Coast.

[indepat]

18. Now ain't this just all the way off of the oh so special scale?

What a wonderful way to say fuc* the environment and all those who will suffer/die as a result of its despoilment. :patriot:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Oh, fucking wonderful.

"Our review of BP's plan included verification of BP's compliance with the heightened standards." Oh Really?

Goddamn it.

:eyes:

[UnrepentantLiberal]

10. Hey, everybody chill the fuck out.

He's got this.

[Politicalboi]

4. Unbelievable

So they can destroy the Gulf and still get another chance to do it again. As we know they will.

[alp227]

5. No no no no NO...they deserve a lifetime ban from the Gulf

well, because this corporation didn't get a life sentence, it sure ain't a person.

Oh, will this come back to haunt Obama next year?

[Voice for Peace]

6. I'm sure the people of the Gulf were consulted, right?

they gave their consent for this?

Occupy the Gulf of Mexico

[eowyn_of_rohan]

16. THAT's what's needed-- Occupy the Gulf Coast

[sakabatou]

7. *headdesk*

[JJW]

8. Haven't they caused enough cancers?

Where is that funny video of Mr O saying he has the boot on the neck of BP?

[The Wielding Truth]

9. What bad news! Let the greedy take no matter the cost to everything else.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

11. Why aren't the Obama 2012 Duers posting to this thread

to tell us the bright side of this?

[ellisonz]

20. Two Words: Republican Congress.

[ellisonz]

21. And nice broadbrush...

[kimsarah]

12. Where are

the Obama environmental sympathizers on this one?

[ellisonz]

22. Broadbrush.

[kimsarah]

13. Another Friday news dump

Either the news media is slow and is just getting around this week to reporting this on a Friday -- the best day of the week to dump controversial news because the dumpers don't have to face full scrutiny and have a full weekend for the news to die down -- or the O'ministration is spineless and doesn't want to face the scrutiny from the f*ing retarded base that he'd face during a Monday through Thursday news dump. Very disappointing.

[Altoid_Cyclist]

14. Here we go again.

Drill...Destroy...Deny...repeat ad nauseum.

Maybe they (BP & our government) figure that the Gulf is still so blanked up that people won't notice fresh destruction????

[canoeist52]

15. Just who are these "regulators" and " US officials"?

What a lightweight article.

[progressoid]

19. Yea!!! That will make the price of oil drop right?

:sarcasm:

[ellisonz]

23. Litigation Now.

[ellisonz]

24. Also: Better written, more comprehensive article.

In the days after the BP oil spill, some analysts questioned BP's future in the U.S. offshore drilling arena.

But the government has stressed that BP will go through the same review process as any other company. Last week, a drilling official said BP will not be barred from participating in an upcoming offshore oil and gas lease sale.

Congressman Edward Markey, a vocal critic of BP in the aftermath of the spill, said the government may be welcoming the company back to the Gulf too soon.

"Comprehensive safety legislation hasn't passed Congress, and BP hasn't paid the fines they owe for their spill, yet BP is being given back the keys to drill in the Gulf," Markey, the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources committee, said in a statement.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44992987/ns/us_news-environment/#.TqPNwOZye8l

[Dark]

25. You're shitting me?! nt

[panzerfaust]

26. ?: "BP Bribes the Right People, and so can resume despoiling the Gulf"