PIA Pleased Drilling Ban Is Lifted

Proponents of expanding options for domestic energy production scored a major victory when the House passed legislation that would lift the Congressional moratorium on offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). PIA and its allies in the "Secure Our Energy Coalition" have long advocated this move. The action removes another barrier to development of offshore oil and natural gas, and is part of a larger continuing appropriations act that the Senate will soon consider.