Climate Changed
Trump Weighing Combining Agencies Separated After Gulf Spill, Sources Say
- Bureaus overseeing oil leasing and safety could be merged
- Move could help oil companies get drill leases quicker
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After the 2010 Gulf oil spill, the Obama administration broke the scandal-plagued federal agency that policed offshore drilling into separate bureaus.
Now the Trump administration is considering putting it back together again.