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More gas, oil drilling restrictions sought to save sage grouse

Environmental groups sue to save sage grouse in US West BILLINGS, Mont. _ On Thursday, Environmental groups sued to force the Obama administration to impose more restrictions on oil and gas drilling, grazing and other activities blamed for the decline of greater sage grouse across the American West. A sweeping sage grouse conservation effort that

New US offshore oil drilling regs proposed as Gulf spill anniversary nears

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US offshore oil drilling regulations strengthen oversight of drilling equipment A week shy of the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Obama administration proposed new regulations Monday aimed at strengthening oversight of offshore oil drilling equipment and ensuring that out-of-control wells can be sealed in an emergency. The explosion of the Deepwater

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