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Archive Home > 2010 > April > 01 > Reigniting debate, Obama expands offshore drilling

Reigniting debate, Obama expands offshore drilling

East Coast waters, other protected areas open to drilling for the first time – and not everyone’s happy

By Ben Feller / The Bulletin
April 1, 2010

WASHINGTON — Shaking up years of energy policy and his own environmental backers, President Barack Obama threw open a huge swath of East Coast waters and other protected areas in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska to drilling Wednesday, widening the politically explosive hunt for more homegrown oil....

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