U.S. Strikes Back: Interior Secretary To Issue New Moratorium On Offshore Drilling In More Than 500 Feet…….
Posted By thestatedtruth.com on June 23, 2010
From Reuters:
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will offer testimony later on Wednesday on why the government will appeal that ruling and seek to renew the ban.
The ban was imposed after a well operated by British oil company BP exploded on April 20 and began spewing crude into the sea.
“We see clear evidence every day, as oil spills from BP’s well, of the need for a pause on deepwater drilling,” Salazar said in a statement.
Salazar will testify to a Senate subcommittee at 11:00 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, along with Michael Bromwich, the new head of the Bureau of Ocean Energy, which under its previous name the Minerals and Management Service was blamed for failing to police the energy industry adequately.
But President Barack Obama, also dealing with his top general in Afghanistan over inflammatory comments in a magazine article, postponed Wednesday’s energy policy meeting with senators which would have covered the process for passing energy and climate laws this year.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will offer testimony later on Wednesday on why the government will appeal that ruling and seek to renew the ban.
The ban was imposed after a well operated by British oil company BP exploded on April 20 and began spewing crude into the sea.
“We see clear evidence every day, as oil spills from BP’s well, of the need for a pause on deepwater drilling,” Salazar said in a statement.
Salazar will testify to a Senate subcommittee at 11:00 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, along with Michael Bromwich, the new head of the Bureau of Ocean Energy, which under its previous name the Minerals and Management Service was blamed for failing to police the energy industry adequately.
But President Barack Obama, also dealing with his top general in Afghanistan over inflammatory comments in a magazine article, postponed Wednesday’s energy policy meeting with senators which would have covered the process for passing energy and climate laws this year.
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