3 Myths About Offshore Drilling


	3 Myths About Offshore Drilling

seaj11

7-15-2008 5:10 PM

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energy, oil, oil drilling, offshore drilling, bush, politics, u.s.

seaj11 says:

"Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) claimed "not a drop of oil was spilled during Katrina or Rita." This myth has been told again and again by the likes ofGov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Mike Huckabee, George Will, and Bill O'Reilly.

There were, in fact, major onshore and offshore spills due to the hurricanes."

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