Virginia AG Filed Comments Detailing Potential Harms of Offshore Drilling

MARCH 8, 2018

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring filed comments with the Interior Department “expressing his opposition to the Trump Administration’s plan to expand drilling off the coast of Virginia and other states on the Atlantic seaboard. Citing the risks to coastal communities, economies, environments, and military assets, Attorney General Herring says ‘the potential risks are too great and the potential benefits too small to continue with the development of this Program.’ ”