The legislation would ban oil and gas drilling on both coasts of the U.S., in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.
The legislation would ban drilling on both coasts of the U.S., in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.
In 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to start a five-year development plan for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and off the East Coast. ShellNo flotilla participants float near the Polar Pioneer oil drilling rig during demonstrations against Royal Dutch Shell on May 16, 2015 in Seattle, Washington.'s push to expand offshore oil and gas development, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on three bills on Wednesday that will block offshore drilling in almost all waters surrounding the U.S.
In 2017, Trump signed an executive order to start a five-year development plan for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and off the East Coast, an effort to reverse former President Barack Obama's drilling ban on roughly 120 million acres of Arctic Ocean and 3.8 million acres in the Atlantic.exceeded the president's authority.One bill at stake is the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, by Rep.
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