Pointing to the BP blowout and risks of a new environmental disaster, the Obama administration reversed itself Wednesday and promised not to pursue offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or anywhere else along the nation's East Coast. LINK : http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101202/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_drilling;_ylt =Att0DSoXetUuBrFU7rI_9Pis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFoaXBqZnM5BHBvcwMxMgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNvYmFtYXJlamVjdHM- added by: GoldenHeart
