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Obama Indefinitely Bans Drilling in Alaskan Bay
2014-12-17 03:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama on Tuesday again used his executive authority to enact an environmental priority as he indefinitely barred oil and gas exploration of Alaskas picturesque Bristol Bay to protect some of the nations most productive commercial fisheries. Mr. Obama first put the ecologically sensitive area of the Bering Sea home to an important population of whales, seals and sea lions off limits to oil rigs in 2010, but that restriction was set to expire in 2017, several months after he leaves...
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