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|Factoid Text="In 2010, the Department of the Interior announced a ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters off the Atlantic Coast until 2017. This was the latest in a series of efforts to limit development off the ecologically sensitive U.S. coasts." - excerpt from National Geographic article [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160422-earth-day-46-facts-environment/ 46 Environmental Victories Since the First Earth Day]. [http://www.surfrider.org/campaigns/7-year-ban-on-domestic-drilling Surfrider Foundatiion played a major part in this victory], as well as the more recent [http://www.surfrider.org/press-center/entry/surfrider-applauds-president-obama-reversal-on-plans-for-offshore-drilling victory that again halted plans to drill off the Atlantic Coast]. | |Factoid Text="In 2010, the Department of the Interior announced a ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters off the Atlantic Coast until 2017. This was the latest in a series of efforts to limit development off the ecologically sensitive U.S. coasts." - excerpt from National Geographic article [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160422-earth-day-46-facts-environment/ 46 Environmental Victories Since the First Earth Day]. [http://www.surfrider.org/campaigns/7-year-ban-on-domestic-drilling Surfrider Foundatiion played a major part in this victory], as well as the more recent [http://www.surfrider.org/press-center/entry/surfrider-applauds-president-obama-reversal-on-plans-for-offshore-drilling victory that again halted plans to drill off the Atlantic Coast]. | ||
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Revision as of 16:59, 22 May 2016
Surfrider Foundation Has a Long History of Working to Protect Our Coasts from Oil Spills
- "In 2010, the Department of the Interior announced a ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters off the Atlantic Coast until 2017. This was the latest in a series of efforts to limit development off the ecologically sensitive U.S. coasts." - excerpt from National Geographic article 46 Environmental Victories Since the First Earth Day. Surfrider Foundatiion played a major part in this victory, as well as the more recent victory that again halted plans to drill off the Atlantic Coast.
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