"The Trump administration’s proposal to allow offshore oil and natural-gas drilling in federal waters off the Atlantic Coast could make 2018 an even tougher election year for Republicans in coastal states.

The long-awaited plan would reverse an Obama-era prohibition on offshore energy exploration and make good on a campaign promise by President Donald Trump to boost U.S. energy production. That much Republicans can cheer.

But the plan will also force a number of anxious, regional Republican candidates — already unsettled by predictions of a Democratic wave in the midterm elections — to either side with an unpopular president’s industry-friendly proposal, or join coastal residents, businesses and environmental groups in opposing it."

Tony Pugh And Emma Dumain report for McClatchy January 4, 2018. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Republican Opposition To Offshore Drilling" (NPR) [3]

"New Hampshire's GOP Governor Opposes Trump's Offshore Drilling Expansion" (The Hill) [4]

"Collins Comes Out Against Trump Expansion Of Offshore Drilling" (The Hill) [5]