The Hill: WH says new drilling won't be authorized until probe into oil spill completed

New drilling won't be authorized until probe into oil spill completed

By Michael O'Brien - 04/30/10 09:39 AM ET
President Barack Obama won't allow offshore drilling in new areas until an investigation into a Gulf Coast oil spill is complete, a senior advisor said Friday.

"No additional drilling has been authorized and none will until we find out what happened here and whether there was something unique and preventable here," White House senior advisor David Axelrod said on ABC’s "Good Morning America" Friday.

Axelrod’s comments are the strongest signal yet from the White House that the accident could alter controversial administration plans to expand oil-and-gas development in federal waters.

“No domestic drilling in new areas is going to go forward until there is an adequate review of what happened here,” he said.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/95243-new-drilling-wont-be-authorized-until-investigation-into-oil-spill-completed