"Court rejects bid to restore drilling moratorium"
July 9th, 2010 admin
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“Court rejects bid to restore drilling moratorium”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “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 legal fight continues.” Reuters reports that ” Court refuses stay in deepwater drilling case .” Bloomberg News reports that ” U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Six-Month Moratorium on Deep-Water Oil Drilling .” You can access via this link (31.3MB Windows Media audio file) the audio of this afternoon’s oral
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