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美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Signs Executive Order On Offshore Drilling And Marine Sanctuaries

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VOA标准英语2010年-US Oil Spill Stokes Fear in Florida

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By Mil Arcega Washington 11 July 2006 Watch Offshore Drilling report The United States House of Representatives has passed a controversial measure designed to lift a 25-year ban on oil drilling in U.S. coastal areas. As VOA's Mil Arcega reports, env

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Fifty years ago today, a damaged oil well off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., caused what was then the largest oil spill in the history of the United States. The public reaction helped to shape the modern environmental moveme