Thursday, 4 January 2018

Energy and Environment: Trump administration plans to allow drilling off all U.S. waters

 
Energy and Environment
With Chris Mooney
 
 
Trump administration plans to allow drilling off all U.S. waters
The Trump administration unveiled a controversial plan Thursday to permit drilling in all U.S. waters, including protected areas of the Arctic and the Atlantic, where oil and gas exploration is opposed by governors from New Jersey to Florida, nearly a dozen attorneys general, more than 100 U.S. lawmakers and the Defense Department.
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