
Newsweek
President Joe Biden is taking steps to prohibit new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a late-term move aimed at preempting potential efforts by the incoming Trump administration to broaden offshore drilling activities. With just two weeks left in his presidency, Biden announced he is invoking authority under the federal Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to safeguard coastal waters along the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and parts of Alaska's Northern Bering Sea from future oil and gas leasing. The decision underscores...