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The story doesn't say that. Of course. It's an AP story designed to make the Oil companies look bad. Especially with rising gas prices.

Previously reported:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2687990/posts (US clears more deepwater oil drilling in Gulf (2nd permit in 2 weeks))

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2681457/posts (Interior issues first deepwater drilling permit since BP spill ) (posted end of Feb 2011, nearly a year after Macondo blowout)

Remember, all deepwater permits were revoked after the blowout. That one is still being fought in court, with the feds (Obama, Salazar) just winning an appeals court battle. Normally hundreds of permits would have been issued.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2689317/posts (Appeals court issues a stay on drilling ruling)

Most AP reporters are ignorant, with memories of fleas. The intelligent ones have an agenda. And not a good agenda, either.

We *are* permitting Petrobras to drill however:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2693388/posts (Petrobras gets permit for U.S. deep waters)

Because we need to *import* our own oil, from Brazil apparently.