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 Stories About: Department of Interior AND Florida AND mining and drilling AND news AND oceans
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Dirk in a Full Nelson
Debate over offshore drilling may hold up Kempthorne's confirmation |
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10 Apr 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Dirk in a Full Nelson Debate over offshore drilling may hold up Kempthorne's confirmation A Bush administration plan to open 2 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling has created rifts in Congress and may hold up Dirk Kempthorne's confirmation as interior secretary. The sentimentally named "Area 181," south of Pensacola, Fla., is estimated to have resource c ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, Florida, mining and drilling, news, oceans (all these topics) |
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Derrick Cheater
Bush admin proposes drilling off Florida, Virginia, Alaska coasts |
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09 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Derrick Cheater Bush admin proposes drilling off Florida, Virginia, Alaska coasts When President Bush said "America is addicted to oil," we thought ... wait, did we say this already? Yesterday, the administration proposed new oil and gas drilling off the coasts of Florida, Virginia, and Alaska -- including areas covered by a long-standing moratorium on offsh ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, Florida, mining and drilling, news, oceans, Virginia (all these topics) |
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