Prior to the oil spill, on March 31, 2010, Obama ended a ban on oil and gas drilling along the majority of the East Coast of the United States and along the coast of northern Alaska in an effort to win support for an energy and climate bill and to reduce foreign imports of oil and gas
mafutawo asadataike, pa 31 march chaka cha 2010, Obamba adachotsa chiletso cha kuyenga mafuta ndi utsimakamaka kuzambwe  kwa dziko la United States komanso mmbali mwa nyanja ku mpoto kwa Alaska ndicholinga chopeza chithandizo cha bilo ya zamphamvu  yautsi komanso zanyengo ndicholinga chochepetsa kugula mafuta komanso utsi kumaiko akunja