Judge blocks Gulf offshore drilling moratorium
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal judge struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deep-water oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, saying the government rashly concluded that because one rig failed, the others are in immediate danger, too.
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