Wyden blasts federal oversight of offshore oil drilling, national media takes notice
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May 19
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Posted in video, Media, Environment. |
Senator Ron Wyden stepped up his criticism of the lack of federal regulation which led to the BP oil spill in the Gulf Coast region. In hearings at a Senate panel yesterday, Wyden sharply criticized the ongoing lack of federal regulation over the Minerals Management Agency (MMA).
"It is long past time to drain the safety and environmental swamp that is MMS," said Senator Wyden. "This agency has been in denial about safety problems for years."
In local coverage, Environment Oregon advocate Brock Howell notes that, in the face of the Gulf Coast disaster, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has stepped up efforts to forever ban dangerous offshore drilling on Oregon's coasts. Read more about this story by clicking here.
For further coverage of the ongoing situation in the Gulf Coast, read stories from the Associated Press and The Los Angeles Times. Or, watch a segment from PBS' News Hour including Senator Wyden.
Posted on May 19, 2010 in video, Media, Environment.
