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Feds Open East Coast To Oil Exploration For First Time In Decades Amid Wildlife Concerns
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Sun, 2014-07-20 21:33 — Kathy Gilbeaux
huffingtonpost.com - AP - by Jason Dearen - July 18, 2014
ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Obama administration is reopening the Eastern Seaboard to offshore oil and gas exploration, approving seismic surveys using sonic cannons that can pinpoint energy deposits deep beneath the ocean floor.
Friday's announcement is the first real step toward what could be a transformation in coastal states, creating thousands of jobs to support a new energy infrastructure. But it dismayed environmentalists and people who owe their livelihoods to fisheries and tourism.
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