Environmental groups welcome Obama freeze on oil drillingProjects suspended off Alaska, Virginia, with another 33 halted in the Gulf May 27, 2010
Obama to extend ban on offshore oil drillingWASHINGTON  President Barack Obama will Thursday extend a moratorium on new deepwater drilling for six months, and unveil a major curtailment of the offshore oil industry, after a review of the Gulf disaster. May 27, 2010
