Salazar Pledges to Review Scope, Number of Offshore Lease Sales

摘要

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has asked a federal court to reconsider its decision to throw out the federal government's 2007-12 offshore oil and gas leasing plan. In a letter to the court, which broke nearly a month of silence on the issue, Salazar said the ruling could disrupt the production of hydrocarbons and the receipt of government revenues.