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Obamas Atlantic drilling plan criticized by Democrats
2015-01-28 17:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: A group of Senate Democrats from the Northeast is pushing back on the Obama administration`s proposal to open new areas of the Atlantic Ocean to oil and gas drilling. New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker called the move "absolutely unacceptable" in a press conference Tuesday afternoon. Joining in the press conference were fellow Democrats Ed Markey (Mass.), Robert Menendez (N.J.), and Ben Cardin (Md.). "If drilling is allowed off the East Coast of the United States, it puts our beaches, our...
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