Offshore Drilling Ban and Mining Curbs Edge Closer to Passage
- Bill would provide billions for climate, drought, conservation
- House panel rejects dozens of GOP efforts to alter bill
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Legislation to block oil drilling in most U.S. waters and Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge edged closer to passage Thursday, as the House Natural Resources Committee rejected more than a dozen changes sought by Republicans.
The bill would slap new fees on oil and mining companies and effectively block the proposed Resolution Copper mine in Arizona while doling tens of billions of dollars to climate resilience, drought relief, conservation and other programs.