Anti-energy left fails to block offshore drilling in Atlantic

Fuel Fix:
A bipartisan effort to block the Department of Interior from developing oil and gas deposits in the Atlantic Ocean has failed.

In a voice vote Thursday night on legislation funding the Department of Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency for next year, House members voted down an amendment that would have blocked any of that money from going to Atlantic oil projects, according to Politico.

That would included funding for seismic testing via the use of air guns, a controversial process that scientists suspect is causing behavioral changes in marine mammals like dolphins and whales.
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Blocking drilling in the offshore Atlantic would be a mistake.  It would be a gift to the Russians and OPEC.  Some of the same people who claim they want to punish the Russians for their campaign activities in the US reward them by reducing the potential supply of oil.  Their move would also hurt job creation on the East Coast.

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