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Wash. Post, LA Times failed to note Energy Department's assessment of effect of offshore drilling on oil prices |
| Published: July 15, 2008, 6:35 pm |
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In a July 15 Washington Post article, staff writers Dan Eggen and Steven Mufson reported that "[President] Bush argued that allowing drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines would ease pressure on oil prices by increasing domestic production" and that "Democrats and environmental groups replied that expanding offshore oil production would take years and have no impact on oil prices for a decade or more." Similarly, in a July 15 Los Angeles Times article, staff writers Richard Simon and James Gerstenzang reported, "Democrats and environmentalists said that even if obstacles to new drilling in the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico were quickly lifted, the resulting gasoline would be years away, as refineries are running at or near capacity -- so there would be little or no immediate effect on supplies or prices." But neither article noted that in addition to Democrats and environmental groups, the Bush Energy Department has [ Full article ] |
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