Virginia Offshore Drilling

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Listen Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 at 1:06 p.m. in Economy, Energy, Environment, Science, Transportation, Virginia

Virginia's new governor says he wants the commonwealth to be the East Coast's energy capital. Robert McDonnell wasted little time, calling in his first week in office to lease offshore property for oil and gas exploration. We get a geological perspective on Virginia's likely oil reserves, and explore the political debate in Richmond.

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Robert Holsworth

political analyst with VirginiaToday.com; and former Dean of Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Government and Public Affairs

Frank Manheim

Affiliate Professor, George Mason School of Public Policy; Former Senior Research Geochemist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); author "The Conflict Over Environmental Regulation in the United States" (Springer)

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