The US administration has banned oil drilling in new areas of the US coast pending investigations into the cause of the oil spill off Louisiana.“No additional drilling has been authorised and none will until we find out what happened,” White House adviser David Axelrod told ABC television.
Last month President Barack Obama eased a moratorium on new offshore drilling.
Up to 5,000 barrels of oil a day are thought to be spilling into the water after last week’s rig explosion.
The US Navy has been sent to help avert an economic and environmental disaster.
The US government has designated the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as an “incident of national significance”. This allows it to draw on resources from across the country.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency and asked for federal funds to deploy 6,000 National Guard soldiers to help with the clean-up.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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