Judge blocks Gulf offshore drilling moratorium
Story Date: 6/23/2010

 

Source:  Michael Kunzelman, ASSOCIATED PRESS, 6/22/10

A federal judge struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, saying the government rashly concluded that because one rig failed, the others are in immediate danger, too.

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