By Max Fisher of The Atlantic Wire
President Obama has unveiled a plan to expand the U.S. coastal areas available for offshore oil drilling. The plan may come as a surprise to environmentalist supporters of Obama, and will be especially surprising to fans of Sarah Palin, who saw Palin’s 2008 chant “drill baby drill” widely mocked by the left. The plan would open the Atlantic coast from Delaware to Florida, parts of the Gulf of Mexico, and a large area north of Alaska. Here are the challenges and payoffs of the offshore drilling plan.
