Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100728:05:15:00
Bp says if arctic ice floes, drilling from an island is safer than off a floating rig. but environmentalists say it's a clever way of gaming the system. rebecca represents half a dozen environmental groups. >> if there were an oil spill, that oil is going into the ocean. it's not on land. so, this really is -- this is drilling in water. >> reporter: that's the hard of the debate. does putting the massive drill rig on a 32-acre pile of gravel mean bp's liberty island project should be subject to federal rules for drilling on land or should it be subject to the more rigorous rules of offshore dr...