Obama’s Atlantic drilling plan criticized by Democrats

Grist
By Kate SheppardJan 28, 2015, 11:50 am41 pts
WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Democrats from the Northeast is pushing back on the Obama administration’s proposal to open new areas of the Atlantic Ocean to oil and gas drilling. New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker called the move “absolutely unacceptable” in a press conference Tuesday afternoon.…

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