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The latest trinational news.Monday, August 04, 2008
Not so fast.
Grist, August 4, 2008 - “President Bush keeps repeating his call for Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling. Republican presidential candidate John McCain is consistently drilling home the same message. And on Wednesday of last week, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said that just in case the ban is lifted, his department is laying the groundwork so offshore drilling in new areas could begin in as few as three years. What drilling proponents don’t say is that even if the congressional ban were lifted, many of the most promising untapped offshore areas would likely remain off-limits to oil and gas exploration. Bush, McCain, and GOP congressional leaders all say that states should decide whether to open their shorelines to drilling—and that states should get a share of drilling royalties as an inducement to say yes. But many governors and other leaders in coastal states are saying, ‘No, thanks!’” Read more.
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