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First, the black hole in drilling standards highlighted by my colleague Elliot Clark of Corporate Responsibility Magazine.
FORBES: The BP Oil Spill: Unexpected Consequences
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We remain confident in our drilling expertise and company standards, which are built upon a foundation of redundant safety systems to closely monitor pressure within the wellbore.
FORBES: Shell To Feds: We're Already Safe, Let Us Drill
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The lack of standards for deep water drilling risk management will spawn a litter of over-reaching regulation.
FORBES: The BP Oil Spill: Unexpected Consequences
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The Energy and Climate Change Committee is looking at the British government's refusal to impose a moratorium on deepwater drilling in Britain and whether existing safety and environmental standards need updating in light of the massive spill.
CNN: BP's Hayward: Oil spill wasn't because of cost-cutting
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By concentrating on areas where considerable progress is possible (rather than on such neuralgic issues as drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or increased CAFE fuel-efficiency standards), America - and in particular its gas-guzzling transportation sector - could be made significantly less reliant on oil supplied by unstable or hostile regimes.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Securing America's energy needs
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President Obama's drilling moratorium officially includes only projects in more than 500 feet of water, but the U.S. Minerals Management Service, a division of the Interior Department that regulates deepwater drilling, has held up shallow-water permits, too, until it can review safety standards.
WSJ: Drilling Ban Reverberates Through Industry
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As the Cuomo administration has more recently pursued an agenda that includes rewriting state law regarding abortions to codify it with federal standards, and has delayed a decision on whether to allow a controversial form of natural-gas drilling in the state, voters have come to believe they perceive a shift in the governor's ideology.
WSJ: Backing For Cuomo Declines Upstate