Ken Salazar urges court to uphold ban on oil drilling

The Interior secretary tells appellate judges that the moratorium is needed to prevent another disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. But opposing lawyers say the economic harm is too great. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday urged a federal appeals court to keep the Obama administration's six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling in place while government and industry experts struggle to contain the BP...

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