[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS: Oil drilling off New Jersey's coast

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Oil drilling could disrupt chemical weapons off N.J. coast

By DONNA WEAVER
Press of Atlantic City (NJ)
October 19, 2008

If New Jersey allows drilling for oil and natural gas off its coast, it 
may dredge up an ugly and dangerous past.

The U.S. Army has admitted to dumping 64 million pounds of chemical 
weapons into U.S. waters from World War I until the early 1970s.

Last month, Congress voted to open waters off the Atlantic and Pacific 
coasts to oil and gas drilling - but only 50 or more miles out to sea 
and only if a state agrees to energy exploration off its shore. Beyond 
100 miles, no state approval would be required.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/179/story/289801.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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