Obama Places Sweeping Ban on Offshore Drilling in Atlantic and Arctic Waters
NBCNews.com - 13 hours ago
In the final stretch of his term President Barack Obama
is implementing new environmental protections that stand to thwart
Donald Trump's agenda on oil and gas extraction in ways that may prove
difficult for the president-elect to roll back. The Obama ...
Obama invokes 1953 law to indefinitely block drilling in Arctic and Atlantic oceans
CNBC - 14 hours ago
President Barack Obama
on Tuesday moved to indefinitely block drilling in vast swaths of U.S.
waters. The president had been expected to take the action by invoking a
provision in a 1953 law that governs offshore leases, as CNBC
previously reported.
Obama Designates Atlantic, Arctic Areas Off-Limits To Offshore Drilling
NPR - 13 hours ago
President Obama
has indefinitely blocked offshore drilling in areas of the Atlantic
Ocean and in Arctic waters, a move aimed at advancing environmental
protection during his final days in office. The Arctic protections are a
joint partnership with ...
