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St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times
The Obama administration should not rush a decision on whether to allow BP to resume oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Offshore drilling may be safer thanks to reforms enacted in the wake of last year's Deepwater Horizon disaster. But those new safety procedures are only now taking hold, and there still are serious questions about the industry's ability to prevent or respond to any spill. BP also has additional questions to answer, from how it operated the Deepwater rig and dealt with regulators to what the company has learned and how committed it is to making good on damage to property, business and the environment.
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Read the full editorial Not So Fast, BP on the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times website.
