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Federal judge holds Obama administration in contempt over drilling “permitorium”
When Judge Martin Feldman ordered the federal government to end its moratorium on deep-sea drilling, he actually meant it. In a ruling earlier today, the federal judge in New Orleans has held the Obama administration in contempt for its “defiance” in reimposing the moratorium through other means...

...The government has not issued a permit to drill in nine months, evidence that the White House has attempted to evade Feldman’s orders. ...