US President Barack Obama has called on his party and supporters to back a “new future” of clean energy, BBC reports. He said his government was responding to the largest environmental disaster in US history.
Visiting areas affected by the BP oil spill, he said the full resources of government were being used, with 17,500 National Guard soldiers available. BP’s US head, Lamar McKay, is to return to Congress shortly for further questioning. Oil has been spewing into the Gulf of Mexico since a drilling rig it leased exploded and sank in April.