Senate Climate Roadmap Caters to Nuclear, Offshore Drilling Proponents - NYTimes.com

Senate Climate Roadmap Caters to Nuclear, Offshore Drilling Proponents - NYTimes.com: "The Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed an energy bill (S. 1462 (pdf)) this summer that would scale back the no-leasing area in the eastern Gulf of Mexico by allowing development as close as 45 miles from Florida's gulf shores and closer in a region called the Destin Dome. Parts of that bill are expected to be folded in to the Senate energy and climate package next spring."