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Bethany Marcum

Bethany Marcum is the executive director of the Alaska Policy Forum.

Offshore exploration make sense

Tulsa Beacon

Several states are preparing to sue the federal government. They’re trying to halt Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s planned expansion of offshore oil and natural gas drilling. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the most vocal opponent of Sec. Zinke’s plan, claims the drilling “threatens our environment and our economy.” He’s wrong on both counts. The…