Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon yakin neman zabensa, tsohon Shugaba Barack Obama ya bayyana a fili cewa canjin yanayi shine fifiko ga gwamnatinsa. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya zama zaɓaɓɓen Shugaban ƙasa a watan Nuwamba 2008, ya sake maimaita wannan taken yana mai cewa: "Yanzu lokaci ya yi da za a fuskanci wannan ƙalubalen sau ɗaya kuma ga duka. Ba za a iya yin jinkiri ba. Ƙin yarda ba amsa ce da za a yarda da ita ba. Ya saba wa alkawuran yakin neman zabensa na 2008 game da muhawarar hakowa a cikin teku, Obama ya ji ya zama tilas ya buɗe yankunan bakin teku a gabar tekun Alaska don kimantawa na bincike don mai da iskar gas a matsayin hanyar ci gaba da ƙarfafa ci gaban tattalin arziki. Wannan yanke shawara a watan Maris na shekara ta 2010 an sake juyawa a watan Mayu na shekara ta 2010 bayan mummunan lalacewar Deep Water Horizon.
aikin hakowa, wanda ya haifar da dakatarwar watanni shida kan hakowa mai zurfi a cikin ruwan Amurka.