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Established by executive order under President Barack Obama on October 5, 2010, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force exists to "address the damage caused by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, address the longstanding ecological decline, and begin moving toward a more resilient Gulf Coast Ecosystem."
President Obama speaking in the Oval Office about the spill. On 30 April 2010, President Barack Obama ordered the federal government to delay issuing new offshore drilling leases until a thorough review determined whether more safety systems were needed [1] and authorized teams to investigate 29 oil rigs in the Gulf in an effort to determine the cause of the disaster. [2]
The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling is a bipartisan presidential commission, established by Executive Order 13543 signed by Barack Obama on May 21, 2010, that is "tasked with providing recommendations on how the United States can prevent and mitigate the impact of any future spills that result from offshore drilling."
There's an old saying that if you try to do too many things at once, you won't do any of them well. Fifty-seven days into the catastrophic BP (BP) Deepwater Horizon oil spill, President Barack ...
White House officials gave the public an open microphone Tuesday to address President Obama on the Gulf oil spill prior to his State of the Union Address. It's a mic like no other -- it's YouTube.
A federal judge Tuesday delivered a blow to President Obama's call for a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling, ... The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is an unprecedented, sad, ugly and inhuman ...
The Obama administration assembled a panel to advise his administration on how to address offshore drilling in the wake of the spill. The group have stated that Salazar's May 27 report to Obama portrayed their approval of the moratorium, they claim that the panel reviewed a previous draft of the document with bans only on new drilling in water deeper than 1,000 feet.
Paraphrasing Thomas Paine, no doubt these are the days that are trying President Barack Obama's soul. Moreover, you can't blame the president if he's a little exasperated or philosophic these days ...