Source: Laura Leslie, WRAL, 8/7/17

Federal regulators again want to hear what North Carolinians think about allowing oil and gas drilling off the state's coast. 
Last year, former President Barack Obama's administration adopted a five-year energy plan that excluded drilling off the East Coast. But President Donald Trump has said he wants to see more offshore energy development, so his administration has tossed aside the 2016 plan and is starting over. 

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