BREAKING: Judge Blocks Deepwater Drilling Moratorium

By Steve Maley | 1:55 PM on June 22, 2010
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Judge Martin Feldman of the Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans, hearing the case of Hornbeck v. Salazar, has blocked the President’s moratorium on all drilling in water depths greater than 500 feet.

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The White House is expected to appeal the ruling immediately.

H/T Artie, for d’most part

Steve Maley

Steve Maley is a 43-year veteran of the oil patch, second generation. Forty-year veteran of South Louisiana.

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