On December 2nd the USA Today reported that “Obama bans offshore oil drilling in Atlantic waters” with Wendy Koch writing:

In a policy reversal, President Obama’s administration announced Wednesday that it will not allow offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic coast for at least seven more years. …
Environmental groups generally welcomed the news. “This decision is a wise and sensible step to protect Florida, the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast from an inevitable disaster from expanded drilling,” said Oceana’s Andrew Sharpless said. …
The oil industry, business groups and congressional Republicans

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