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Obama Administration Takes First Step Toward Selling Offshore Gas and Oil Leases
2014-06-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: If President Barack Obama`s historic carbon emissions rules made you forget about his "all of the above" energy policy, well, it shouldn`t have. While the president recognized that coal-fired power plants are responsible for about 40 percent of the countrys emissions, he didn`t denounce oil and gas. His federal Interior Department on Friday gave us all a reminder of that when it announced its first step in selling offshore oil and gas leases that would allow companies to explore the nation`s...
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