Obama’s Offshore Drilling Policy Impacts Florida’s West Coast, Tampa Bay

National Public Radio reports on President Obama’s decision to allow offshore drilling along the Atlantic coast and northern Alaska, if scientists conclude the areas are suitable for extraction. The plan could expand to include drilling in the Gulf of Mexico by 2022 pending the expiration of a long-held ban.Read the complete story.

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National Public Radio reports on President Obama’s decision to allow offshore drilling along the Atlantic coast and northern Alaska, if scientists conclude the areas are suitable for extraction.

The plan could expand to include drilling in the Gulf of Mexico by 2022 pending the expiration of a long-held ban.

Read the complete story.

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