Landrieu slams 'de facto moratorium' amid news of key driller's bankruptcy

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) slammed what she called a “de facto moratorium” on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico late Saturday night amid news that a major shallow-water driller filed for bankruptcy. Landrieu, an outspoken critic of the Obama administration’s offshore drilling policies, blamed the Interior Department’s “excruciatingly slow release of oil and gas permits” for the company’s hard times. “How many more rigs have to leave and how many more businesses have to close before it realizes the havoc the.....   (More)