Administration reverses offshore drilling policy in eastern gulf, Atlantic

By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson

Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, December 2, 2010; 12:00 AM

"The revised Interior Department drilling plan, which took industry officials and many environmentalists by surprise, will also delay the next two lease sales in the central and western Gulf of Mexico. It marks a sharp political shift by the White House - yanking concessions to conservatives and oil companies - in the wake of the massive BP oil spill and the collapse of comprehensive climate legislation."