AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to millions of articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Oil spill sparks Obama demand.
(From Nottingham Evening Post)
US President Barack Obama has directed that no new offshore oil drilling leases can be issued unless rigs have new safeguards to prevent a repeat of the explosion that unleashed the massive spill threatening the Gulf Coast with major environmental damage.
Mr Obama ordered Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to report within 30 days on what new technologies are needed to tighten safeguards against oil spills from deep water drilling rigs.
"We are making sure any leases going forward have those safeguards," said Mr Obama at a White House Rose Garden event.
The president sought to reassure the jittery Gulf Coast that …
-
- Iran/United States: Iran Ready to Help US Clean Mexico Gulf Coast of Oil Spill.
-
News wire article from: Thai Press Reports
May 26, 2010
700+ words
-
- United States: Obama, Gulf Coast Residents Mark Oil Spill Anniversary.
-
News wire article from: Thai Press Reports
April 22, 2011
700+ words
-
- United States: President Obama to Visit Gulf Coast to Inspect Oil Spill.
-
News wire article from: Thai Press Reports
May 2, 2010
700+ words
-
- BP hit with 64,000 claims over Gulf Coast oil spill.
-
Newspaper article from: Statesman (India)
June 23, 2010
700+ words
-
- Oil spill in Gulf Coast sparks new drilling ban.
-
News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire
May 1, 2010
700+ words
