Reuters: Congress should pass legislation, if necessary, to force the Obama administration to open more offshore areas to oil and gas exploration, the head of the American Petroleum Institute said on Tuesday.
The administration last month removed from its proposed five-year offshore drilling plan an earlier decision to allow energy exploration off the Atlantic coast and in Florida waters. It had pledged to open the areas to exploration shortly before last summer's BP oil spill.
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Congress may force White House to expand drilling: group
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 4th, 2011
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