Latest gulf oil-rig fire spurs calls to extend ban on deepwater drilling

4 September 2010, 12:26 am

What now for the gulf? News of another oil-rig fire this week in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drilling.... Read More »

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