Many want oil drilling ban eased, poll shows
Star-Banner - TALLAHASSEE - Floridians support lifting a ban on oil drilling 100 miles or more from the state's Gulf Coast beaches by a 51 to 42 percent majority, and many say rising gasoline prices have influenced their approval, a poll released Thursday showed

House votes to drill in Alaska wilderness
Dalles Chronicle - WASHINGTON Citing the public outcry over $3-a-gallon gasoline and America s heavy reliance on foreign oil, the House on Thursday voted to open an Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling, knowing the prospects for Senate approval were slim