Some in Georgia are Skeptical of Offshore Drilling Plans
Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
News that President Barack Obama is proposing to open Georgia’s coastal waters to oil and gas drilling has taken many people in the state off guard, and opponents are scrambling to resist the plan.
“It’s definitely clear that they woke up,” said Claire Douglass, campaign director for the environmental group Oceana.
Offshore drilling is a “little bit of a newer idea” in Georgia than in the Carolinas and Virginia, the other states Obama is proposing to open to offshore drilling after decades of debate, said Hunter Hopkins, executive director of the Georgia Petroleum Council, who has been hearing concerns about the plan.
