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Coastal Drilling Delayed

Written by Vorys | Feb 12, 2009 12:37:35 PM

While the Interior Department may be putting the brakes on the prior administration's plans to open up the Atlantic and Pacific coasts for offshore drilling, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that is not the case for alternative energy development - particularly offshore wind projects.

[Update.  In related news, the Houston Chronicle reports that a leading Democrat has suggested that Congress is unlikely to restore an offshore oil and gas drilling  ban despite pressure from environmental advocates and fishermen.  (Moved up).]