President Joe Biden is implementing a ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, aiming to prevent potential expansion by the incoming Trump administration. The order, made under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, safeguards areas along the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and parts of Alaska's Northern Bering Sea. Biden emphasizes the irreversible damage drilling could inflict on these areas and the necessity of transitioning to clean energy.
President Joe Biden speaks at a reception for new Democratic members of Congress in the State Dining Room of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Washington. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling .
Biden’s orders would not affect large swaths of the Gulf of Mexico, where most U.S. offshore drilling occurs, but it would protect coastlines along California, Florida and other states from future drilling. Environmental advocates hailed Biden’s action, saying new oil and gas drilling must be sharply curtailed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. 2024 was the hottest in recorded history.
In balancing multiple uses of America’s oceans, Biden said it was clear that the areas he is withdrawing from fossil fuel use show “relatively minimal potential” that does not justify possible environmental, public health and economic risks that would come from new leasing and drilling.
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