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After Gulf Blast, Drilling Ban Debate Intensifies

(Sept. 2) -- The explosion and fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has intensified the debate over the Obama administration's temporary ban on deepwater drilling in the gulf, even though the accident apparently did not involve drilling and the ban doesn't apply to the installation because it's in shallow...

Court Rejects Bid to Restore Drilling Moratorium

NEW ORLEANS (July 8) -- 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. The ruling is not the final word on the Obama administration's fight to suspend new...

Hand in Hand, Thousands Protest Offshore Oil Drilling

(June 26) -- Nearly 150 people gathered in New Orleans' Audubon Park on Saturday morning to stand hand in hand, on the banks of the Mississippi River in protest of offshore oil drilling. The demonstration was part of an international event called "Hands Across the Sand." Participants stretched out like boom across...