BP’s oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is dead, but the political fallout is very much alive. bp – AOL News
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Obama rejects drilling in eastern Gulf of Mexico
December 2nd, 2010 
admin Pointing to the BP blowout and risks of a new environmental disaster, the Obama administration reversed itself Wednesday and promised not to pursue offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or anywhere else along the nation’s East Coast. bp – AOL News
Citing BP, Obama rejects East Coast oil drilling
December 2nd, 2010 admin Pointing to the BP blowout and risks of a new environmental disaster, the Obama administration reversed itself Wednesday and promised not to pursue offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or anywhere else along the nation’s East Coast. bp – AOL News
ALERT: AP source: Obama administration won’t seek to end Gulf drilling ban off Florida after BP spill.
December 1st, 2010 admin AP source: Obama administration won’t seek to end Gulf drilling ban off Florida after BP spill. bp – AOL News
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No Comments »Obama admin. backs spill figures, releases e-mails
November 25th, 2010 admin The Obama administration on Wednesday defended the integrity of estimates that for months were inaccurate in showing how much oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico, disclosing thousands of pages of internal e-mails written by government scientists on the project. “It is a guess,” a senior U.S. scientist acknowledged to his colleagues. bp – AOL [...]
Posted in Natural Gas News Tags: admin., backs, emails, figures, Obama, releases, spill No Comments »Obama commits to revival of Gulf Coast
August 30th, 2010 admin Five years after Hurricane Katrina’s wrath, President Barack Obama sought to reassure disaster-weary Gulf Coast residents Sunday that he would not abandon their cause. bp – AOL News
Obama visiting New Orleans on Katrina anniversary
August 29th, 2010 admin President Barack Obama is aiming to underscore his commitment to a region weary of calamity as he travels to New Orleans on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. bp – AOL News
Obama administration bills BP for $99.7 million
July 18th, 2010 admin The Obama administration says it has sent a fourth bill to BP and other parties seeking .7 million for costs related to the response and cleanup of the Gulf oil spill. bp – AOL News
Gulf residents seek more than talk from Obama
June 30th, 2010 admin Restaurant owner Regina Shipp was near desperation before President Barack Obama’s address on the Gulf oil crisis. The tourists are gone, empty tables fill her dockside dining room, and her business has lost ,000 after just a few weeks of crude and tar balls smearing the coast. bp – AOL News
Obama declares ‘reckless’ BP will pay Gulf cleanup
June 30th, 2010 admin Vowing to “make BP pay,” President Barack Obama accused the oil giant of “recklessness” in his first address to the nation from the Oval Office Tuesday night, eight weeks to the day after the catastrophic oil spill began destroying waterways, wildlife and a prized Gulf Coast way of life. bp – AOL News
