NRDC: Obama Administration Excludes Atlantic from Oil, Gas Drilling

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016 – The Obama Administration this morning announced plans to exclude the waters off the Atlantic coast from oil and gas drilling.

The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council:

“By dropping the Atlantic from oil and gas leasing, the administration is standing up to Big Oil and protecting our coastal communities that rightly fear a BP-style disaster. Next, the president should finish the job, honor…