Forget Offshore Drilling Until We Get Some Answers | The New Republic
Troubling questions about the huge oil spill from the BP platform. Technology like that used by Brazil oil giant Petrobras, in their off-shore drilling platforms, might have help prevent the spill. There are troubling questions about why this was not mandated by the government. Specifically the Bush administration whose lackadaisacal regulations favored industry over the public. Key points: there has to be proper regulation, oversight and transparency of private sector operations which can harm us all. Am on record as opposing offshore drilling - but with successes in Brazil and Norway I was coming around. Way on the fence now.
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