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<title><![CDATA[House approves bill to crack down on offshore drilling, remove liability cap in oil spills]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The House approved a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills and impose new fees on oil and gas production. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Federal official says lifting of offshore drilling moratorium will depend on industry actions]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A key U.S. government official said Friday the moratorium on deepwater oil drilling likely won't be extended past Nov. 30, but whether it is cut short will be entirely up to the industry. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interior secretary swears-in leader of new agency to oversee offshore drilling]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A former federal prosecutor took over Monday as director of a new government agency that oversees offshore drilling and other oil and gas development.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Second Gulf Oil Rig Fire Reignites Offshore Drilling Debate]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Two oil rig fires in less than five months in the Gulf of Mexico has spurred environmental groups and some lawmakers out of the woodwork to pressure the Obama administration to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drilling.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[APNewsBreak: Spill commission says offshore drilling reforms so far fall short]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/10/apnewsbreak-spill-commission-calls-reform/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Despite reforms put in place since the massive BP oil spill, a presidential investigating panel has concluded that the government and the oil industry still haven't done enough to avert another ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fate of Offshore Drilling]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 May 2011 02:33:24 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Michael Bromwich discusses the latest safety regulations and their impact on the future of drilling.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New offshore drilling chief says ban on deepwater drilling may be lifted early]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration hopes to lift a freeze on deepwater drilling well before its scheduled Nov. 30 expiration date, the nation's top drilling regulator said Tuesday.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vitter on Lasting Effects of Drilling Moratorium]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 May 2011 18:32:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sen. David Vitter, (R-La.), on the impact that the moratorium has had on all forms of offshore drilling.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama to Extend Ban on New Offshore Oil Drilling]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/27/obama-extend-moratorium-oil-drilling/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama plans to announce Thursday that he is extending a moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling permits as he reins in offshore drilling plans from shore to shore amid criticism that the administration is not doing enough to tackle the spill in the Gulf of Mexico. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gov't hopes new offshore drilling moratorium can survive legal challenge]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/12/officials-govt-issue-revised-offshore-oil-moratorium-monday/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rebuffed twice by the courts, the Obama administration is taking another crack at a moratorium on deep-water drilling, stressing new evidence of safety concerns and no longer basing the moratori...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[House panel clears way for administration subpoenas on drilling, coal reg probes]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/28/gop-house-will-issue-subpoenas-to-obama-administration-for-info-on-coal-regs/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A House Committee voted Wednesday to subpoena the Obama administration to get documents concerning separate investigations on officials rewriting coal-production regulations and altering a report on offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama Unveils Offshore Oil Drilling Plans; Auto Regulation on the Horizon]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama, reversing a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling, on Wednesday unveiled a plan to allow oil drilling off the Eastern seaboard and potentially the western coast of Florida. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Texas sues Interior Department over second, 'unjustified' offshore drilling moratorium]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Texas attorney general has sued the Obama administration, claiming the current offshore drilling moratorium is "unjustified" and officials did not contact state officials before issuing the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gov't hopes new offshore drilling moratorium can survive legal challenge]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rebuffed twice by the courts, the Obama administration is making another attempt to get a moratorium on deep-water drilling, stressing new evidence of safety concerns and no longer basing the mo...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Appeals court rejects effort by US government to restore offshore drilling moratorium]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the federal government's effort to restore an offshore deepwater drilling moratorium, opening the door to resumed drilling in the Gulf while the lega...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Federal judge to hear bid to overturn offshore drilling moratorium in Gulf of Mexico]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/21/federal-judge-hear-bid-overturn-offshore-drilling-moratorium-gulf-mexico/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Several oil service companies are asking a federal judge to block the Interior Department from enforcing a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawmakers react to federal judge's ruling blocking White House offshore drilling moratorium]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/22/lawmakers-react-federal-judges-ruling-blocking-white-house-offshore-drilling/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers are coming down on both sides of a federal judge's ruling against the Obama administration's moratorium on new deepwater drilling.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conservation vs. Exploration]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:31:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Offshore drilling debate heats up as President Bush lifts ban on exploration]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawsuits Stop Offshore Drilling in Its Tracks]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/11/24/lawsuits-stop-offshore-drilling-tracks?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Oil and gas companies appeared to score a victory when congressional Democrats let the offshore drilling moratorium expire after President Bush lifted an executive ban. But those who think nothing stands in the way of offshore drilling are dead wrong.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Federal Judge Blocks Obama's Offshore Drilling Moratorium in Gulf of Mexico]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In a victory for drilling proponents, a federal judge struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, saying the government rashly concluded that because one rig failed, the others are in immediate danger, too.]]></description>
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