Grist: Not pleased with the modest climate and energy reforms Obama unveiled Tuesday, the House sought to drown out the president`s call to "invest, divest" with a reprise of its favorite "drill, baby, drill" chorus.
In a 235-to-186 vote Friday, House lawmakers passed the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act, which Climate Progress said "reads like Big Oil`s Christmas list":
It would open virtually all of the U.S. Atlantic coast, the Pacific coast off Southern California, and much of Alaskas offshore space...