NYT by JOHN M. BRODER and CLIFFORD KRAUSS.  After listening to their findings about the BP accident and the safety of deepwater drilling, the president abruptly changed the subject.  “Where are you coming out on the offshore Arctic?” he asked.  William K. Reilly (NGP Photo), a former chief of the Environmental Protection Agency and a commission co-chairman, was startled, as was Carol M. Browner, the president’s top adviser at the time on energy and climate change. Although a proposal by Shell to drill in the Arctic had been a source of [...]