BHP Billiton beached in California

With the California Lands Commission voting against the BHP Billiton offshore gas terminal, and the Coastal Commission likely to reject the proposal, it's not clear whether this will deter Representative Waxman Chairman of the US Government Oversight Committee, from trying to find out what really went on between the company, the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency that led to the Agency's change of mind in support of the project (see our earlier post "BHP Billiton in US hot water" on 5 April).