Biden to block all future oil drilling in 625 million acres of US oceans

President Joe Biden's landmark decision falls under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

Monday, January 6, 2025 10:57AMis making a sweeping move to ban all future offshore oil and natural gas drilling on America's East and West coasts, the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's North Bering Sea.

According to the White House fact sheet, this move blocks drilling in more than 625 million acres of U.S. oceans. "We do not need to choose between protecting the environment and growing our economy, or between keeping our ocean healthy, our coastlines resilient, and the food they produce secure and keeping energy prices low. Those are false choices," Biden added.

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