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June 23, 2010

The Shifting Politics Of Oil: Rep. Vern Buchanan

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"The President's plan is flawed because it fails to open the Alaskan and Pacific coasts to drilling but allows oil rigs off the eastern Gulf of Mexico, [...]

June 23, 2010

Obama Hates Oil Drilling US Seas, Supports Brazil Offshore C

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While the moratorium devastates the US economy, the oil jobs are going elsewhere. Obama and his friends are profiting on this catastrophe while the American taxpayers lose. A federal judge finally stops the madness of the moratorium. [...]

June 23, 2010

China Plans Tighter Oversight Of Offshore Oil Drilling, Tougher Laws, After ...

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SHANGHAI ? China's leaders have ordered oil companies to beef up safety precautions for offshore oil drilling to prevent calamities similar to the Gulf of [...]

June 23, 2010

Judge That Ruled Against Drilling Ban Has Investments In Oil

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The U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman, the judge who just overturned the White House's offshore drilling ban this past Tuesday, has up to $15,000 in investments in Transocean Ltd. [...]

June 23, 2010

Judge Lifts Obama's Ban On Offshore Oil Drilling

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Elsewhere, he wrote: "If some drilling-equipment parts are flawed, is it rational to say all are? Are all airplanes a danger because one was? All oil [...]

June 23, 2010

Obama's 'Absolutism' Is A Sign Of His Naivete

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In his reverence for certainty and belief that absolutes are capable of being summoned into existence ? on countless subjects, with oil drilling, food safety, and war itself ? the president is not actually particularly unusual; he is merely reflecting the prejudices of people who exaggerate the malleability of man [...]

June 23, 2010

Business Highlights

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Judge lifts offshore drilling ban as `overbearing' NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? A federal judge struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil [...]

June 23, 2010

Was Judge Right To Overturn Ban On Oil Drilling?

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On Tuesday, US District Judge Martin Feldman in New Orleans ruled against a six-month ban on all oil drilling in water that is more than 500 feet deep in [...]

June 23, 2010

Deepwater Drilling Moratorium Overturned By Federal Judge

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On Tuesday a federal judge ruled against a six month deepwater drilling moratorium which was imposed by the Obama administration after the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the subsequent environmental catastrophe caused by the oil and methane eruption from the uncontrolled well over the past two months [...]

June 23, 2010

Ending Of Drilling Moratorium?

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Six months? Moratorium? I've got a great idea. From now on, someone convicted of murder, rape or any violent crime, should be slapped on the wrist and told they've been naughty. The stone age ended, we moved one. The bronze age ended, we moved on. Ages come and go, which is what allows us to evolve. The oil age is over. Time to move on. [...]

June 23, 2010

Salazar Seeks To Reimpose Drilling Moratorium

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Salazar said in a statement Tuesday evening that the new order will contain additional information making clear why the six-month drilling pause was necessary in the wake of the Gulf oil spill. The judge in New Orleans who struck down the moratorium earlier in the day complained there wasn't enough justification for it. [...]

June 23, 2010

Deepwater Oil Drilling Under Scrutiny As Brazil's Petrobas Delays Flotation

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"Drilling through the salt layer will create significant risks," the GRFA warned. BP's failure to plug the Deepwater Horizon leak has shown that the oil [...]

June 23, 2010

Judge Who Nixed Drilling Ban Has Oil Investments

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The Louisiana judge who struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has reported extensive investments in the oil and gas industry. [...]

June 23, 2010

UPDATE 1-US Unveils More Flexible Oil Drilling Moratorium

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* Salazar says new moratorium can be adjusted|| * Demarcations can be made on reservoirs|| WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary Ken|Salazar will reissue a deepwater offshore drilling ban that was|blocked by a federal judge, but [...]

June 23, 2010

Who Really Wins By Lifting The Oil Drilling Moratorium?

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Big oil wants us to believe they are helping the "little guy" by lifting the oil drilling moratorium. Actually, the oil company shareholders have the most to gain including Judge Feldman. [...]

June 23, 2010

The Real Cost Of Obama's Drill Ban - Glenn Beck - FOXNews.co

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The Real Cost of Obama's Drill Ban is the lack of America's participation in oil production while creating a situation backed with a 2 billion dollar US commitment to Soros-Petrobas for deep water oil production and better availability of equipment during the moratorium on US connected drilling. We are being put on our knees to a new master in oil [...]

June 23, 2010

BIGGEST NEWS OF THE DAY ON THE OIL SPILL - Green Heritage Ne

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Most people likely hoped the biggest news of the day on Tuesday would be the oil spill stopped. But it's the moratorium placed on offshore drilling has been upended by a federal judge, so drill, baby, drill will go on. [...]

June 23, 2010

Judge Who Nixed Drilling Ban Has Oil Investments

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NEW ORLEANS ? The Louisiana judge who struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has reported [...]

June 23, 2010

Real Worst-Case Scenario For Gulf Of Mexico: Double Explodin

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If one faction of the deepwater drilling debate continues to deny any serious risk of more exploratory drilling - an example of this denial would be the court injunction, just now successfully obtained by oil industry attorneys, overturning the Federal exploratory drilling moratorium in the deepwater Gulf - it is fair and appropriate to state the u [...]

June 23, 2010

Judge Blocks Obama's Offshore Drilling Ban

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A federal judge struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Michaek Kunzelman, Associated Press [...]

June 23, 2010

Oil Companies May Face Tighter Restrictions In Brazil, Too

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Oil companies and drillers rushing to Brazil following the U.S. moratorium on deep water drilling may find tighter regulations there as well following BP's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. [...]

June 23, 2010

The US Judge Who Overruled Drilling Ban Had Shares In The Oi

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Patience they say my friend, is a virtueMany people believe Obama was right to put a temporary ban to correct the mistakes in the oil drilling in the United States [...]

June 23, 2010

Judge Who Nixed Drill Ban Reported Oil Investments

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The New Orleans ? Louisiana judge who overturned the Obama administration ban for six months on drilling for oil in deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, large investments in oil and gas industry, according Told U.S. District Judge Marti [...]

June 23, 2010

A Brief Look At Tyranny: The Gulf Oil Crisis

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Gulf Oil Disaster. There's something strange about this. The administration commits to sending 2 billion dolars to Petrobras( a Brazilian owned oil company) for deep sea oil excavation, while placing a moratorium on deep sea drilling here at home. [...]

June 23, 2010

WRAPUP 5-Obama Seeks New Drill Ban As Oil Still Spews | Reut

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* Salazar due to testify at hearing at 1500 GMT * BP continues to ramp up oil collection efforts * BP shares up over 1 pct after falling to 13-year lows (Adds BP capturing more oil, updates share [...]


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