Offshore drilling plan draws protests

Molly, Penelope and Simon Whitlock, ages 5, 10 and 7, joined protesters opposed to offshore drilling outside the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s public meeting in Anchorage on April 5, 2016. Photo: Rachel Waldholz/APRNThe Interior Department wants the public to weigh in on its plans for offshore drilling over the next five years. The tentative proposal would allow lease sales in the Arctic Ocean and Cook Inlet.
That plan has drawn opposition from environmentalists, who s