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Charles Savage, The New York Times: "As Congress prepares to debate expansion of drilling in taxpayer-owned coastal waters, the Interior Department agency that collects oil and gas royalties has been caught up in a wide-ranging ethics scandal - including allegations of financial self-dealing, accepting gifts from energy companies, cocaine use and sexual misconduct."

http://www.truthout.org/article/wide-ranging-ethics-scandal-emerges-interior-dept



Santa Barbara City Council Says No to Offshore Drilling

Steve Chawkins, The Los Angeles Times: "With offshore oil drilling emerging as a hot issue in the presidential campaign, the [Santa Barbara] City Council Tuesday night reaffirmed its opposition to drilling along the coastline where a 1969 spill gave rise to the Environmental Protection Agency and the modern environmental movement."

http://www.truthout.org/article/santa-barbara-city-council-says-no-offshore-drilling



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