You will be given a topic and an argument. Decide the argument's stance towards that topic. The argument's stance is in favor or against the topic. If the argument supports that topic, answer with "in favor"; otherwise, if the argument opposes the topic, answer with "against".

topic: US offshore oil drilling
argument: Noise from offshore drilling can harm sea animals
against
The argument states that noise from offshore drilling can harm sea animals, implying that the author is against this method of US offshore oil drilling. Since the author opposes this technique of US offshore oil drilling, the answer is "against"..