Virginia House Speaker William Howell on Thursday urged the Obama administration to open a stretch of ocean off the state’s coast to oil and gas drilling by 2011.
Howell — with other Virginia officials — wants to lease exploration rights for 2.9 million offshore acres. Environmental groups oppose the move.
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