President Biden Bans New Offshore Oil And Gas Drilling Along Coastline
Biden said drilling of these coasts could cause irreversible damage to places and is unnecessary to meet the nation's energy needs.
President Biden has banned new offshore oil and gas drilling along most of the U.S. coastline. The order will protect around 625 million acres of ocean along the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Bering Sea from “environmental and economic risks and harms.” It is also an attempt to protect Biden’s climate legacy…