Drilling for Votes

Living on Earth
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Voters want to know what the presidential candidates will do about gas prices. Republican contender John McCain says he’d put more oil drills on the U.S. coast by lifting a moratorium on offshore drilling. Living on Earth’s Jeff Young drills down into the offshore drilling debate.

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