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Inslee signs letter opposing coastal oil exploration- Seattle Times

A good stake in the ground, though we don’t have any gas of consequence that I’m aware of.

Gov. Jay Inslee has joined his counterparts in California and Oregon in signing a letter opposing new oil and gas leases in the waters off the West Coast. A letter dated July 30 and released Thursday by Inslee’s office, sums up the governor’s qualms to Sally Jewell, U.S. Interior secretary. Joseph O’Sullivan reports. (Seattle Times)

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