White House Appeals Controversial Drilling-Ban Ruling
July 7th, 2010 admin
On Wednesday, the Obama administration filed an appeal with the Fifth Circuit, asking that the court reverse a lower court ruling from last month nullifying the administration’s ban on deepwater drilling.
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Taking the dispute over deepwater drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico another step closer to the Supreme Court, the Obama Administration on Friday evening asked a federal appeals court to allow the government to put back into effect a six-month moratorium on exploration at 33 wells. The motion for a stay, filed in the Fifth Circuit Court in New...
Displaying some sense of urgency about the legal controversy over deepwater oil well drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, the Fifth Circuit Court on New Orleans moved ahead on Tuesday with the Obama Administration’s defense of its six-month moratorium, ordering briefing and setting an early hearing date on whether to put the drilling suspension back...
The Obama Administration, switching its attempt to control deepwater oil well drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, has moved in two federal courts to regain the authority to limit new exploration for several months. Faced with two court orders that temporarily scuttled a six-month moratorium on any drilling in depths of 500 feet or more, the Interior...
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