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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts)
Sun Jul 20, 2014, 06:44 AM Jul 2014

U.S. opens door to East Coast offshore oil and gas drilling

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/19/u-s-opens-door-to-east-coast-offshore-oil-and-gas-drilling/



U.S. opens door to East Coast offshore oil and gas drilling
By Agence France-Presse
Saturday, July 19, 2014 10:17 EDT

The United States on Friday opened the way to offshore oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic Ocean, authorizing the controversial use of sonic cannons for seismic surveys.

Exploration off the US East Coast has been banned since the early 1980s, largely because of environmental concerns. The use of sonic waves, whose noise levels are magnified under water, risks harm to marine life.

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said in a statement it was “establishing the highest practicable level of mitigation measures and safeguards to reduce or eliminate impacts to marine life while setting a path forward for appropriate geological and geophysical (G&G) survey activities… to update 40-year old data on the region’s offshore resources.”

The decision does not authorize any G&G activities, but establishes a “framework” for additional reviews for sites when it considers permit applications for those activities, the BOEM said.
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U.S. opens door to East Coast offshore oil and gas drilling (Original Post) unhappycamper Jul 2014 OP
I live on the east coast sue4e3 Jul 2014 #1

sue4e3

(731 posts)
1. I live on the east coast
Sun Jul 20, 2014, 12:00 PM
Jul 2014

They (whoever that is)kept these tests very quiet where the public was concerned. I pay attention
and didn't hear about it until it was already won in court and nothing could be done about it.

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