- The Obama administration proposes opening up oil and gas exploration off the Atlantic coast from Virginia to Georgia, and will seek public comment on whether such a move is too environmentally sensitive.
- The Interior Department plan contemplates expanded drilling between 2017 and 2022, it would conduct one auction in the Atlantic and keep a 50-mile buffer from the shore.
- The plan comes as the administration also plans to limit oil and gas drilling in Alaska; Republicans don’t like the Alaska idea, and now the environmentalists don’t like the Atlantic proposal.
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