Senate leaders and Gulf Coast lawmakers announced a major offshore oil and gas leasing deal yesterday designed to boost domestic energy production, distribute federal revenue to states along the Gulf of Mexico and provide a 125-mile buffer for Florida's coast. |
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.