North Carolina governor seeks offshore drilling exemption in Zinke meeting

Roy Cooper: ‘No safe method to drill for oil and gas off the coast’Interior secretary had exempted Republican-controlled FloridaNorth Carolina’s governor said he had a good conversation on Saturday with the interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, regarding plans to expand drilling for gas and oil off the state’s coast. Related: Trump administration plans to allow oil and gas drilling off nearly all US coast Continue reading…

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/03/north-carolina-governor-seeks-offshore-drilling-exemption-in-zinke-meeting