NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal judge in New Orleans who overturned the Obama administration's moratorium on deepwater drilling after the Gulf oil spill has ordered the administration to act on two more drilling permit applications.
(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter issued the following statement in reaction to Judge Martin Feldman’s ruling holding the Interior Department in civil contempt for its refusal to comply with his earlier injunction against the offshore drilling moratorium.
An offshore drilling services company is asking a federal judge to rule that government regulators have unreasonably delayed action on deepwater drilling permit applications in the aftermath of the massive Gulf oil spill.