A federal judge in New Orleans on Tuesday sided with the oil industry, striking down the temporary moratorium on new offshore exploration and deepwater drilling the Obama administration imposed last month. That judge, it turns out, has in recent years had interests in Transocean--the world's largest offshore drilling company and the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig--as well as other energy companies engaged in offshore oil extraction.
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