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How do you like this... The Obama administration knew the oil drill ban would cost 23,000 jobs, but did it anyway...
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Gov't: 23K workers affected by Gulf oil drill ban - Yahoo! News
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Gov't: 23K workers affected by Gulf oil drill ban
Associated Press
WASHINGTON – A six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico would directly put more than 9,000 people out of work and indirectly affect another 14,000 jobs, according to a memo from the nation's top drilling regulator.
The federal document, which weighed the economic impact and alternatives to the ban, was sent to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on July 10 by Michael Bromwich.
Salazar issued a moratorium in June, but it was struck down by a federal judge in New Orleans after oil and gas drilling interests said it wasn't justified following the Gulf oil spill.
The Obama administration issued a new moratorium July 12 — two days after the memo — that stressed new evidence of safety concerns. The White House hopes the revised ban will pass muster with the courts.
Gov't: 23K workers affected by Gulf oil drill ban - Yahoo! News