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eppur_se_muova

(36,269 posts) Tue Nov 22, 2016, 08:51 PM Nov 2016

Obama bans new oil drilling in Arctic Ocean (BBC) {not entirely}

18 November 2016

The Obama administration has introduced a ban on offshore oil drilling in the Arctic for at least five years.

The move is a significant victory for environmentalists who have campaigned for years against drilling in the ecologically fragile region.

But the ban could be overturned by Donald Trump, who has previously pledged to increase offshore drilling.

Drilling will be still allowed in Alaska's Cook Inlet and several areas of the Gulf of Mexico.

According to the 2017 to 2022 leasing plan published by the US Department of the Interior, drilling will be banned in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas off northern Alaska.
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more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38034518

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The next few weeks will see lots of this type of story FBaggins Nov 2016 #1

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1. The next few weeks will see lots of this type of story

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Tue Nov 22, 2016, 09:37 PM

Nov 2016

Historically, these going-away presents have been comparatively difficult to undo because the new president doesn't want to look like a jerk.

This year? Perhaps not so much.

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