Accomack drilling

Obama administration will not allow off shore drilling.

in the atlantic ocean. earlier today — officials announced a change in course for drilling — last year the administration floated a plant that would have opened up a broad area of the atlantic coast to drilling — no earlier than year 2021. the decision against drilling has come in response to strong local opposition. including the accomack county board of supervisors — who were very vocally against last year’s proposal — citing the risks of off-shore drilling. 03:42 the tourism on chincoteague island, assateague island plus all of the marshland along the entire coast of the eastern shore virginia…it would destroy that ecosystem 56 the obama administration says — the decision was also based on conflicts with competing commercial and military ocean uses. an atlanta man was strolling along the streets of delaware today with his dog

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