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Virginia Offshore Oil And Gas Lease Sale SUSPENDED By Interior Department

 |  By NOELLE STRAUB of Greenwire
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As the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill raises questions about the safety of offshore drilling, the Interior Department has indefinitely suspended plans for an oil and gas lease sale off the Virginia coastline.

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