Salazar says No Drilling Off Alaskan Coast, Until 2013

Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar has announced that new new drilling leases would not be offered before 2013 in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, reports the Los Angles Times. Only after comprehensive studies of arctic oil spill clean up capabilities and environmental impact have been concluded on the remote north Alaskan region would new drilling be allowed.
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Source: The Lipman Times