Drill, Baby, Drill! Obama OKs Virginia Offshore Drilling

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Drill, Baby, Drill! Obama OKs Va. Offshore Drilling
Obama to allow oil drilling off Virginia's coast
By ANDREA BERRY
March 31, 2010

Oil companies could soon start drilling for black gold off the coast of Virginia.

President Obama's set to reverse a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling, and the Commonwealth is one of the regions he's eyeing.

The president is expected to announce the new drilling policy Wednesday at Andrews Air Force Base. The plan will modify a ban that has been in place for more than 20 years, limiting drilling along coastal areas other than the Gulf of Mexico.

Environmentalists have been vehemently opposed to more oil platforms off the nation's shores. The White House is offering a fig leaf by rejecting some new drilling areas that had been planned in Alaska. The president is also keeping a moratorium on drilling off the West Coast.

However, oil drilling will be allowed 50 miles off Virginia's shorelines. The Obama administration said the reversal would reduce U.S. reliance on foreign oil and create jobs.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/green/Drill-Baby-Drill1-89589697.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Kinda interesting that Obama's not drilling by the Hamptons.

[DrDan]

2. Virginia? How about the East Coast. . . . and more of Alaska

[Better Believe It]

3. Isn't Virginia on the east coast by the Atlantic ocean? Just asking. :)

[DrDan]

5. just saying it is bigger than Virginia . . . . that's all

[pedropalin2012]

4. Off shore drilling

Irony is the Republicans bashed this as well ... it was their platform to energy freedom during the 08 election cycle. P.S. I heard that the atlantic drilling required no closer than 125 miles