Obama Exempted Big Donor BP From Impact Study

The Obama Administration's Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service  gave BP's lease at DeepwaterHorizon a "categorical exclusion" from the National Environmental PolicyAct (NEPA) on April 6, 2009, The Washington Post has reported.

This meant they were exempted from a detailed environmental impact analysis because the powers-that-be concluded that amassive oil spill was unlikely at the site.

In a certainly coincidental matter, it has been revealed -- not by the Post -- that Obama was the largest recipient of BP's campaign contributions in 2008.

Hat tip to FreeRepublic.Com


And at what point will President Bush be blamed?

 

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