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Greenpeace activists climb Greenland oil rig

Three Greenpeace activists on Sunday climbed up an oil rig off Greenland's coast in an attempt to stop a Scottish oil company from starting deepwater drilling in the arctic waters, the environmental group said....

 

Obama to end ban on deep-water oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico

Obama to end ban on deep-water oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico

Months after the nation’s worst oil disaster, the Obama administration will lift its moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, the White House announced Tuesday morning.

 

Gov't: 23K workers affected by Gulf oil drill ban

Gov't: 23K workers affected by Gulf oil drill ban

A six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico would directly put more than 9,000 people out of work and indirectly affect another 14,000 jobs, according to a memo from the nation's top drilling regulator.

 

Rig owner attacks Obama, BP executive heckled

The owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig, which is spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, on Tuesday criticized President Barack Obama's six-month ban on deepwater drilling.

 

Panel Is Unlikely to Lift Drilling Ban This Year

A co-chairman of the commission that will study the oil spill said it would probably not lift the moratorium on deepwater drilling until next year.

 

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