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Shell Wins Federal Approval To Drill For Oil Off Alaska Coast

Washington Post | Steven Mufson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Camden Bay, Leases, Beaufort Sea, Shell, Point Thompson Alaska, Open-Water Drilling, Mms, Exxon Valdez, Point Thompson, Sierra Club, Oil Drilling, Minerals Management Service, Alaska Coast, Drilling, Oil, Permits, Alaska, Interior Department, Green News

The Interior Department has given Shell approval to drill oil exploration wells in two leaseholds in the Beaufort Sea, which could lead to the first d...

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Bush Bureau Of Land Management Abused Legal Exceptions To Benefit Big Oil And Gas: GOA

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 11.17.2009 | Denver

Read More: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado, Nick Rahall, Minerals Management Service, Government Accountability Office, George W. Bush, Denver News

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 rather famously - or infamously, depending on your point of view - allowed for a Safe Drinking Water Act exemption for t...

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Interior Dept. Scandal Could Shake Up Offshore Drilling Bill

ProPublica | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Environment, Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Offshore Oil Drilling, Politics News

by Paul Kiel, ProPublica A series of inspector general reports alleging cocaine use and government regulators literally jumping into bed with Big Oil ...

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Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil: McCain's Drilling Rig Do-Over

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, John McCain, Oil Spill, Minerals Management Service, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi Oil Spill, House Natural Resources Committee, John Mccain Oil Drilling, Nancy Pfotenhauer, Big Oil Mccain, McCain Offshore Drilling, T. Boone Pickerns, Offshore Drilling, Green News

Whether it's because of the 30 or so oil industry lobbyists working on his campaign or the more than $2 million in campaign cash from Big Oil, McCain is determined to push his drill here, drill there, drill everywhere plan.