That was my first thought as well.
Drilling for oil has always been hazardous, but necessary.
Hold up on the conspiracy theories until we learn a lot more.
For my part..BP seems to be involved in too many incidents where they appear to be taking the cheaper route with less regard for safety. At the same time they are wasting millions on enviromental hype advertising to polish their image.
“This is a free country” you remember that phrase? We used to say it all the time as kids when someone would try to make us do something they didn’t have authority to make us do, or make us stop doing something. How naive we were!
but seriously, what Power does the president hove on this issue?