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Official U.S. plan for offshore drilling expected on Monday

Some months back, we ran a posting which indicated that the area near Bristol Bay, Alaska may be open for offshore drilling for oil in the near future, and that there were certain groups who were opposed to the plan. Well, if this story interests you, keep your ears open on Monday, because that is when the U.S. Interior Department is expected to detail its official plan for oil and natural gas drilling through 2012. You may remember the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster; this spill occurred very near to Bristol Bay, which is one reason that the ... Read more →

Reducing our dependence on foreign oil... by starting to drill more in Alaska Jeremy Korzeniewski

Official U.S. plan for offshore drilling expected on Monday 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Reducing our dependence on foreign oil... by starting to drill more in Alaska 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Bristol Bay in Alaska has been free of oil drilling due to a ban on it by the U.S. government since 1990. That is soon to change, however, as both the Senate and President Bush have lifted the bans. The lifting of the bans was urged by Republican Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska. Environmentalists, ...

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