On Earth Day, members of Rhode Island’s congressional delegation announced a bipartisan effort to ban offshore oil drilling. But the legislation announced Tuesday may be little more than a symbolic gesture. On his first day back in office, President Trump declared a national energy emergency. “We will drill, baby, drill,” Trump said in his second […]
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RI Legislators Join Coalition To Limit Offshore Drilling
Two Rhode Island legislators joined lawmakers from nine states backing limits on proposals by the Trump Administration to drill in federally controlled waters.
