Showing posts with label disaster officials. Show all posts
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Thursday, 20 May 2010

US overhauls agency in charge of offshore drilling

The US agency that regulates offshore drilling was broken up into three separate agencies Wednesday as part of a move to end cozy industry relationships exposed by the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, officials said.

The shake-up came a day after Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told lawmakers the Minerals Management Service, which issued lucrative...

Source:
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0519/overhauls-agency-charge-offshore-drilling/