President Biden announced a ban on new offshore drilling on 625 million acres of federal waters, citing the need to protect coastal communities and the environment. The ban covers areas along the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and parts of Alaska.
People stand on the pier with offshore oil and gas platform Esther in the distance on January 5, 2025, in Seal Beach, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) President Joe Biden says he's protecting our coastal communities by banning new offshore drilling on 625 million acres of federal waters.
Monday that Biden is using his authority under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit future oil and natural gas leasing along the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and portions of the Northern Bering Sea in Alaska. “My decision reflects what coastal communities, businesses, and beachgoers have known for a long time: that drilling off these coasts could cause irreversible damage to places we hold dear and is unnecessary to meet our nation’s energy needs,” Biden said in a. “It is not worth the risks. As the climate crisis continues to threaten communities across the country and we are transitioning to a clean energy economy, now is the time to protect these coasts for our children and grandchildren.”“This is a disgraceful decision designed to exact political revenge on the American people who gave President Trump a mandate to increase drilling and lower gas prices,” Karoline Leavitt said via X. “Rest assured, Joe Biden will fail, and we will drill, baby, drill.”, an industry trade association, decried what it characterized as a “politically motivated decision” and urged Washington to “restore a pro-American energy approach to federal leasing.” Despite the applause and hand-wringing from stakeholders on both sides, experts said American consumers aren’t going to feel an impact from this drilling ban in coastal waters., an expert in energy policy who teaches at Oregon State University, said Biden didn't pull areas off the table that are already producing a lot of oil and gas for the U.S. “So, the practical impact of this may very well be nothing at all, or very, very little,” Bernell sai
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