As Coronavirus Worsened, Trump Admin Pushed Offshore Drilling and Gas Exports

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By Steve HornMar 23, 2020, 9:31 pm302 pts
Read time: 6 mins With major cities and states issuing stay-at-home orders as coronavirus cases have swept throughout the United States, the Trump Administration opened the floodgates for more offshore drilling and issued a permit for a long contested gas export project. On March 18, the Bureau of Ocean Energy…

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