More of Gulf of Mexico to Open for Drilling
The Obama administration has announced plans to to expand drilling activities in the Gulf of Mexico, even as lingering effects of the disastrous 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill are still felt along parts of the Texas coastline.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the new program opens up the vast majority of known offshore oil and gas resources for development. But he acknowledged that many resource-rich areas overlap with environmentally fragile ecosystems.
“We are going to go ahead and proceed,” Salazar said, noting that he was confident that companies will implement rigorous safety standards.
Under the plan, all areas in the ...
Comments (3)
Luisa Inez Newton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
what a shame. the Gulf will be a complete dead zone.
Frances Saldivar via Texas Tribune on Facebook
"We know that our areas of interest are also labeled fragile ecosystems, and we know that we're still recovering from the last oil spill blunder . . .buuuut, we're going to do it anyway."
Marcus D Cunningham via Texas Tribune on Facebook
We're already a net exporter of oil, so you can't say this drilling is needed.