In a significant move for environmental protection, US President Joe Biden has enacted a ban on offshore oil and gas drilling along the majority of America’s coastline. This decision comes just weeks before the anticipated inauguration of Donald Trump.
During his campaign, Trump emphasized his commitment to increasing domestic fossil fuel production as a strategy to alleviate rising gas prices, despite the US already experiencing unprecedented extraction levels.
The newly imposed ban encompasses the entire Atlantic coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific coast off California, Oregon, and Washington, as well as a portion of the Bering Sea near Alaska.
This action marks the latest in a series of last-minute climate policy initiatives from the Biden administration ahead of Trump’s expected return to the presidency.
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