Interior Department report on oil drilling moratorium misleading
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 02:00
in Earth & Climate
The inspector general finds that an Obama administration report mistakenly implied that oil industry experts had reviewed and approved a ban on deep-water drilling after the gulf oil spill.An Obama administration report last summer wrongly implied that independent oil industry experts had reviewed and approved its moratorium on deep-water drilling after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, an investigation by the Interior Department's inspector general has found.