Interior secretary confirms appeal of injunction on oil drilling ban
US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar confirmed Tuesday that the Department of Justice will appeal a federal court decision to issue a preliminary injunction against a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling [JURIST...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Tuesday ordered a preliminary injunction against a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling issued last month by the Obama administration...
Obama administration to reverse Bush offshore drilling policy
US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced plans Tuesday to reverse offshore drilling policies established by former US President George W. Bush at the end of his presidency. The move comes...
Obama planning to use executive orders to reverse some Bush policies: Podesta
John Podesta , former White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton and now co-chair of the transition team for US president-elect Barack Obama said in an interview on Fox News Sunday over the...
US Senate approves expiration of moratorium on offshore oil drilling
The US Senate voted Saturday to approve spending legislation approving the expiration of a Congressional moratorium on offshore oil drilling . The spending bill, known as the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing...
The US House of Representatives passed proposed legislation Tuesday night that would partially lift the ban on offshore oil drilling as part of a comprehensive energy proposal. The bill, entitled the "Comprehensive American...
US President George W. Bush issued a memorandum Monday to the Secretary of the Interior, lifting an executive ban on offshore oil drilling put in place in 1990 by then-President George H. W. Bush....
Bush urges Congress to allow oil drilling offshore, in Arctic Refuge
US President George W. Bush Wednesday called for Congress to relax restrictions on oil exploration , saying that it should end a long-standing prohibition against offshore oil drilling and also allow drilling to begin in...
Bush lifts moratorium on drilling in parts of Alaska, Gulf of Mexico
President Bush has cleared the way for drilling of oil and natural gas in parts of Bristol Bay, Alaska, and the central Gulf of Mexico . In a memorandum to the secretary of interior...
Republicans in the US House of Representatives agreed Friday to vote on a compromise offshore drilling bill on Tuesday under special rules that limit amendments and generally speed up proceedings, but require a two-thirds...
