Senate to Vote on Allowing Offshore Drilling
With war raging in an oil-rich part of the world, interest in tapping domestic sources of the precious resource is becoming more acute. At stake is a moratorium - renewed annually by Congress since 1981 - that protects much of the Atlantic and Pacific outer continental shelf from oil and gas drilling. Now lawmakers are moving to open more coastal areas to energy development. The House passed a bill favoring this, and the Senate is poised to do so as well.
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rudkla - 1. Aug, 11:39
