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Noise from seismic air guns could be skirmish before war over East Coast offshore drilling – pile-driving for windmill construction will be louder than air guns

fisherman-obamaOil and geophysical companies say this is an ill-disguised attempt to prevent all drilling in the huge area President Obama opened to exploration in 2010, and other members of Congress have demanded that exploration proceed.If the goal is to shut down oil and gas exploration in favor of constructing wind turbines, Gill said, pile-driving for windmill construction will be louder than air guns. more@washingtonpost21:17:11