Interior Secretary Ken Salazar conceded Tuesday that the government failed to hold the oil industry accountable and ensure safety in offshore oil drilling.
Salazar, in his first appearance before Congress since the April 20 Gulf accident, promised an overhaul of the agency that regulates offshore oil drilling to give it "more tools, more resources, more independence and greater authority."
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., in opening a hearing into the spill, said Congress will examine "the role of regulatory failure" in the accident at the BP PLC oil rig that unleashed millions of gallons of oil into Gulf waters.
While the cause of the …

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