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  • Democrats want to prevent new oil and gas drilling in most U.S. waters. Their plan might work.

    12/03/2021 12:21:02 AM PST · by blueplum · 12 replies
    WaPo ^ | 02 December 2021 | Maxine Joselow with Alexandra Ellerbeck
    ...Under the version of the Build Back Better Act that passed the House last month, new offshore drilling would be permanently prohibited in three major regions: the Atlantic, the Pacific and the eastern Gulf of Mexico... ...Other policies aimed at limiting oil and gas development have inspired fierce partisan divides on Capitol Hill. But coastal lawmakers of both parties have rallied around preventing drilling off their coastlines.. ...Still, the U.S. oil and gas industry has expressed serious concerns about the limitations on offshore drilling... ...Asked yesterday whether he supported royalty hikes, Manchin told reporters: "I think adjustments need to be...