WASHINGTON, DC (February 15, 2009) — Environmental advocates are urging lawmakers to reinstate the national ban on offshore drilling that Congress had lifted only last fall.
Members of the House Natural Resources Committee were told last week that offshore drilling would cause irreparable damage to oceanic ecosystems and strike an economic blow to the country’s fishing industry.
"Offshore drilling is a bad idea, a horrible idea," actor Ted Danson said Wednesday, testifying as a board member of Oceana, an ocean conservancy organization.
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