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Gulf Oil Spill Is BP's Fault, Not Offshore Drilling's

Rushing to ban offshore drilling after the Gulf spill only pushes oil companies to move to countries with lax environmental laws. Instead, the White House should punish the culprit for this ecological Chernobyl.

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Workers shovel oil and debris that washed up onto a beach into a bag in Grand Isle, La., Saturday, May 22, 2010. (Patrick Semansky / AP Photo)

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