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Update: New offshore oil moratorium no longer focused on depth
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is issuing a new moratorium on deep-water offshore drilling and it’s no longer based on water depth.

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Offshore Drilling Could Torpedo Climate Bill
John Kerry and Joe Lieberman’s ailing climate bill will be unveiled this afternoon to little fanfare. Expanded offshore drilling provisions and revenue-sharing may officially send it under. John Kerry – Joe Lieberman – Lindsey Graham – Gulf of Mexico – Mary Landrieu

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West Coast senators propose offshore drilling ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators from California, Oregon and Washington have launched legislation to ban oil drilling off the West Coast. The measure would amend an existing act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, to permanently ban drilling off of the three states. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer of California, Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray of Washington and Ron Wyden and Jeff …

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Offshore Drilling Under Fire After Oil Spill
Obama’s plan to expand offshore drilling is slammed after deadly oil rig explosion and massive leak | SLIDESHOW • Obama Sends Officials to Deal With Oil Spill | VIDEO • YOU DECIDE: Should U.S. Scale Back Offshore Drilling? • SLIDESHOW: Gulf Oil Spill Images From Space • How Will the Oil Spill Affect Wildlife? • LIVESHOTS: Alabama Watches Spill With Caution

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Offshore oil drilling: Lessons from the disaster
Last week’s oil rig disaster should remind us that expansion of the environmentally risky practice is not the way to go. Last week’s explosion and sinking of an oil-exploration rig off the coast of Louisiana prompted that state’s Democratic Sen. Mary L. Landrieu to call for a federal investigation. She also said the rig’s owners should “commit every available resource to learn from this tragic …

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