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Should the U.S. expand offshore oil drilling?

In July 2022 the Biden administration issued a draft plan to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. The proposal from the Department of the Interior recommends holding up to 10 lease sales in the Gulf over the next five years, as well as one sale in the Cook Inlet off the coast of south-central Alaska. Under the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the federal government must plan for offshore oil and gas leasing on a five-year basis. The previous plan was finalized under President Barack Obama in 2016, went into effect in 2017, and expired in 2022. Opponents inclu…  

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 @95GYT4M from Tennessee  answered…3yrs3Y

Not necessarily but it should be regulated more efficiently

 @8WSGBPM from New Jersey  answered…4yrs4Y

no, and ban all drilling. The environment should be our top concern.

 @8VWKLLH from Minnesota  answered…4yrs4Y

No, end all offshore oil drilling, denounce fossil fuels, and redirect funding as well as provide more incentives for alternative energy production.

 @8RYSYSJ from Georgia  answered…4yrs4Y

Allow offshore drilling, under the condition that the oil gets converted to electricity and that all CO2 is then stored underground.

 @8RK39L6 from North Carolina  answered…4yrs4Y

No, maintain current oil wells, but provide more incentives for alternative energy production.

 @8QP74VN from Virginia  answered…4yrs4Y

I am a middle grounder

 @8QBWWY3 from Maryland  answered…4yrs4Y

I am uninformed and can’t give an opinion.

 @8Q2VNHT from Minnesota  answered…4yrs4Y

If its outside the US then no but if its still within our boundries then yes

 @8PTYB4ZProgressive from Oregon  answered…5yrs5Y

I think we should start making it less profitable and make clean energy more lucrative to start getting into

 @8PBRY42 from California  answered…5yrs5Y

I don't have enough knowledge on this to form an educated opinion.

 @8NFM4PRRepublican from Michigan  answered…5yrs5Y

They can do what they want.

 @8CVK67WAmerican from California  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, but make sure there are no major life forms or coral reefs in/over the area to ensure the protection of endangered species

 @8QZKKGS from North Carolina  answered…4yrs4Y

no. so we the american people can can focus on reusable energy ( batteries ) so i can sell them my shares in the stock market and get rich

 @8GLYJPR from Texas  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, but instead of using that oil we should sell it to other countries while we use renewable energy.

 @8QFCFP7 from Missouri  answered…4yrs4Y

No, end all off shore drilling and provide more environmentally friendly options

 @8LFX8XHIndependent from New York  answered…5yrs5Y

I don’t have enough info on this matter

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Death, Denial, and Silence: Inside China’s Push to Bury Zhuhai’s Devastating SUV Attack

Outside the sports center in the southern city of Zhuhai where a 62-year-old man had plowed an S.U.V. into a crowd, killing at least 35 people, workers on Wednesday quickly removed bouquets of flowers left by grieving residents. Uniformed police officers and officials in plainclothes shooed away bystanders and warned them not to take photos. At hospitals where patients were taken after the attack — at least 43 more people were injured — local officials sat outside the intensive care units, blocking journalists from speaking with family members.On the Chinese internet, censors were mobilized to delete videos, news articles and commentaries about the attack. Almost 24 hours had passed before officials divulged details about the assault, which happened on Monday, including the death toll. Their statement offered limited details, and they have held no news conferences.The response was a precise enactment of the Chinese government’s usual playbook after mass tragedies: Prevent any nonofficial voices, including eyewitnesses and survivors, from speaking about the event. Spread assurances of stability. Minimize public displays of grief.The goal is to stifle potential questions and criticism of the authorities, and force the public to move on as quickly as possible. And to a large degree, it appeared to be working.Though many residents of Zhuhai, the city of 2.4 million where the attack happened, were clearly shaken, they said on Wednesday they had not questioned the delay in information, attributing it to the government’s need to first sort out what had happened. A steady stream of people arrived by foot or taxi to lay flowers at the sports center’s entrance, but when officials took away the flowers and told the people not to linger, they quickly complied.Local governments have also vowed in recent months to spend more time screening for people who have experienced “failures,” after a spate of violent attacks, including several cases in which schoolchildren were stabbed.But officials were also clearly on the lookout for any deeper scrutiny of the Zhuhai killings. Videos and photos of the scene of the attack showed only as grayed-out squares on Weibo, a social media platform. Blog posts urging people not to treat violent attacks as isolated incidents, but rather to look deeper for potential social causes, disappeared.

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