The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Thursday to force federal exploration lease sales off the Virginia coast and in the Gulf of Mexico that were canceled or delayed by the Obama administration following the BP oil spill.
The legislation, which was pushed by Republican lawmakers, has little chance of making it into law.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/us-house-votes-reopen-oil-drilling-virgina-coast
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/tom-doggett
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gulf-mexico
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/british-petroleum-bp
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oil-exploration
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
