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Offshore Drilling

Written by Vorys | Jan 28, 2009 10:38:38 AM

Not surprising that the new Administration might reconsider the issue.  According to this article from the AP, Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar has indicated that offshore oil drilling should be worked out with Congress as part of a broader energy policy and not by independent action at Interior.  The 5-year drilling plan left by the Bush administration?  All but dead, according to Salazar.