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Executive Order– National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:  Section 1.  Establishment.  There is established the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (the “Commission”).  Sec. 2.  Membership.  (a)  The Commission shall be composed of not more than 7 members who shall be …
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Gulf oil drilling projects continue on existing wells, despite ban on new wells
WASHINGTON — In the days since President Barack Obama announced a moratorium on permits for drilling new offshore wells and a halt to a controversial type of environmental waiver the Deepwater Horizon received, at least seven new drilling permits and five waivers have been granted, according to records.
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National Geographic

Obama Gives a Bipartisan Commission Six Months to Revise Drilling Rules New York Times As the oil spill reaches land, we would like your updates and photographs of what you're seeing. Photos are optional but recommended. … Latest updates and pictures from the Gulf oil spillExaminer.com BP May Attempt to Plug Oil Leak With Mud Next WeekBusinessWeek Interior chief Salazar faces high-stakes test with oil spillDenver Post Pensacola News Journal –Palm Beach Post –Veterans Today Network all 10,276 news articles »

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Florida voters split on oil drilling amendment
As the Deepwater Horizon disaster threatens Florida’s shores, state voters are growing more opposed to offshore oil drilling and now are evenly divided about whether to amend the state Constitution to ban the practice, according to a new Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times poll.
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To U.S. offshore drilling official abruptly retires
WASHINGTON — The top federal official in charge of overseeing offshore drilling retired abruptly on Monday as BP’s chief operating officer pledged that his company would never pump oil from the runaway Deepwater Horizon well that exploded, killed 11 workers and began spewing millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Treehugger

Our View: Regulate, don't stop, offshore drilling Mankato Free Press … given the expanding scope of the Gulf oil spill. Something must be done to reduce — greatly — the risk of this kind of disaster from happening again. … Gulf oil disaster to have wide repercussionsExaminer.com No to offshore drillingPatriot-News Alternatives to oil drilling necessaryStaunton News Leader Los Angeles Times –TheNewsTribune.com –CQPolitics.com all 226 news articles »

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Los Angeles Times

California, Oregon, and Washington Senators propose ban on offshore oil drilling Examiner.com As the massive BP Gulf oil spill worsens by the day, all six US Senators from the West Coast states of California, Oregon, and Washington introduced a bill … State's senators urge ban on offshore drillingTheNewsTribune.com Gulf of Mexico oil spill may scuttle California offshore drilling dealLos Angeles Times West Coast Democrats Urge Reinstatement of Offshore Oil Drilling BanCQPolitics.com New York Times –Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) –Houma Courier all 188 news articles »

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BBC News

Is Obama's Offshore Drilling Policy to Blame for Gulf Oil Spill? U.S. News & World Report (blog) … and combating this disaster, than by spending all our time pointing fingers. Now it seems that there is more than an oil spill that needs cleaning up. … Investigators looking into details of Gulf oil spill disasterMiamiHerald.com Editorial: Gulf oil spill … safety devices worthless if warning signs ignoredNaples Daily News Regulatory Failure Marks Gulf Oil Spill DisasterFiredoglake (blog) Fort Worth Star Telegram –NOLA.com –Charlotte Observer all 1,583 news articles »

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WWF-Canada Congratulates NEB for Review of Arctic Oil Drilling
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – May 12, 2010) – WWF-Canada today congratulated the National Energy Board (NEB) for launching a full, public review of Arctic offshore drilling and safety requirements, in light of the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill. WWF has long argued for stronger regulation and safety measures to prevent and manage similar calamities in pristine Arctic waters.

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BP’s Openness Fails to Quell Sea Drilling Backlash in Congress
Florida Democrat Bill Nelson said the first time he received a visit from a top BP Plc executive in his decade as a U.S. senator was May 4, when Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward came to discuss the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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