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...potential expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling in America. His proposal would open parts of the Atlantic coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and parts of the north shore of Alaska to exploration. But it would keep drilling out of Alaska's Bristol Bay, a fertile fishing ground that generates nearly $2 billion worth of seafood each year. (See the top 10 green ideas...
Conservatives argue that Obama has left too much oil in the ground, but it should be noted that even greatly expanded offshore drilling is unlikely to make much of a dent in U.S. dependence on foreign oil, nor is it expected to affect gas prices. Last year the U.S. Energy Information Agency estimated that reversing the Bush Administration's decision to expand offshore drilling - policies similar to those proposed by Obama - would increase oil prices by $0.11 per barrel in 2020 and $1.33 a barrel in 2030. Those increases would raise gas prices by less than a tenth...
...project’s mission, according to HUDS’ website, is to “[cultivate] an understanding of food from the ground up” by educating students about food preparation, agriculture, nutrition, and the HUDS community...
...earned a second Pulitzer for his book about the racial turmoil surrounding school busing in Boston, entitled “Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families...
...each block no longer resembled what he remembered. And the four-story apartment building where he had left his daughter was flattened. "When I got to the house, I saw my sister-in law with her arms stretched out, and I knew," says Annoule, fixing his eyes on the ground. (See TIME's coverage of the earthquake in Haiti...