A federal judge in New Orleans refused to delay his decision Thursday to strike down a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling, the Associated Press reports.
The Justice Department sought a delay for Judge Martin Feldman’s ruling Wednesday night and the Interior Department stopped approval of any new permits for deepwater projects and suspended drilling on 33 exploratory wells, the story says…
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