Biz, U.S.: Oil spill: Is Obama’s oil-drilling ban actually getting followed?
- seven new offshore drilling projects have been given the go-ahead since Obama banned new drilling projects
- five projects have gotten environmental waivers like the controversial one that leaky oil rig got source
- » Oh, and also: There were even more approvals and waivers approved in the period between the April 20th blast that caused the spill and when the Obama administration announced the changes. Oh boy. That doesn’t look good.