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| Today, by a vote of 103 to 57, the state House of Representatives defeated a resolution that would have encouraged drilling off the coast of Georgia, HR 1016. The resolution urged the Mineral Management Service (MMS) to issue a new plan (usually referred to as a five-year plan) that included oil and gas leases in Georgia’s outer continental shelf. | |
| Environment Georgia is firmly opposed to proposals by President Bush, Senator McCain and Congressman Peterson to continue decades of failed energy policy by opening our protected coasts to offshore drilling. Drilling in these protected areas is not the solution to high oil prices, we need to reduce our dependence on oil. Instead of opening every last corner of our country to oil drilling, we need to produce cars that go further on a gallon of gasoline, invest in mass transit and other alternatives to driving, and develop clean renewable energy. | |
