Will the Latest Gulf of Mexico Spill Report Prompt Any Legislative Action?
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/09/15/15greenwire-will-the-latest-gulf-of-mexico-spill-report-pr-13000.html
"But now, with an already-crowded fall legislative calendar and an election year looming, political will to advance spill-response legislation appears to have waned. Indeed, Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), the chairman of the Senate Natural Resources Committee who previously led the charge to pass comprehensive oil spill-response legislation, in his reaction to the report praised the Interior Department for making a series of offshore drilling safety reforms, but his only charge for Congress is to beef up funding for BOEMRE. "
Administration: Republican plan for offshore oversight could slow down permitting
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/09/15/administration-republican-plan-for-offshore-oversight-could-slow-down-permitting/
THE GULF
Coast Guard: Spill in Bayou Dupont under control
http://www.katc.com/news/coast-guard-spill-in-bayou-dupont-under-control/
Just another leak from one of the thousands of abandoned wellheads in the Gulf
FLORIDA
Drilling off Keys to begin by December
http://www.keysnet.com/2011/09/16/378472/drilling-off-keys-to-begin-by.html
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