Obama Administration Pulls
Proposal to Drill in the Atlantic Ocean

Yale e360
By Yale Environment 360Mar 15, 2016, 1:00 pm102 pts
The Obama administration withdrew its proposal to open up offshore oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday. Chad Teer/Flickr Offshore drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. The decision blocks drilling in the region until 2022 and comes after an outpouring of opposition to the plan from…

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Obama Administration Pulls
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