14-07-2016 03:22 via alaskapublic.org

Young amendments would roll back Obama policies for Alaska

File photo: Liz Ruskin/APRNRemember the new Arctic drilling regs the Obama Administration has been working to finalize? The safety rules that would govern any future offshore drilling? The U.S. House is poised to halt them.
On the House floor this evening, Alaska Congressman Don Young added an amendment to the Interior Appropriations bill that would prevent the Interior Department from finalizing or enforcing the rules. It passed by voice vote.
So did another amendment that would keep
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