New
York Times: Frustrated by the Obama administration’s
slow pace in restarting offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
after the Deepwater Horizon accident last year, Republicans in
Congress are proposing a range of bills to force the
administration to accelerate the granting of drilling permits
and open new offshore areas to oil and gas exploration, writes
John Broder for the
New York Times. Republicans in the Senate and House
are also moving on bills to strip the Environmental Protection
Agency of its authority to regulate climate-altering gases and
are using pending budget measures to limit enforcement of a
variety of other environmental laws. President Obama will
answer some of their arguments in a speech on national energy
policy scheduled for today.
