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The Discourses Of Energy And Environmental Security In The Debate Over Offshore Oil Drilling Policy In Florida, Emily Joyce Martens
The Discourses Of Energy And Environmental Security In The Debate Over Offshore Oil Drilling Policy In Florida, Emily Joyce Martens
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Amid growing concern over access to sufficient and cheap energy resources, on March 31, 2010 the Obama Administration announced the opening of new exploratory and drilling sites for oil within the United States Outer Continental Shelf. The announcement concerning the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Strategy came only three weeks before the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that marked an unprecedented economic and environmental disaster. Though the concern over offshore drilling, especially regarding regulation and environmental impact, has increased in the wake of the oil disaster, the general debate regarding offshore oil drilling has been a …