Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/3/19

The Trump administration, which received generous financial support from the fossil-fuel industry, approved five companies to harass marine mammals from New Jersey to Florida in order to conduct dangerous seismic blasting in search of oil deposits in the Atlantic. This is the first step toward opening our coast to offshore drilling and it flies in the face of years of opposition from coastal states whose economies rely on clean and healthy beaches and waters. A bipartisan group of East Coast governors, including Gov. Cooper, sent a letter to the administration on Dec. 20 urging them to...

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