Biden Enacts Historic Offshore Drilling Ban Covering 625 Million Acres
The outgoing president's sweeping restrictions on new oil and gas development face sharp criticism and potential reversal by the incoming Trump administration.
- President Joe Biden issued an executive order banning new offshore oil and gas drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. federal waters, citing environmental and climate concerns.
- The ban covers areas along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and parts of Alaska's Northern Bering Sea, marking the largest such withdrawal in U.S. history.
- Environmental groups and coastal communities praised the decision, emphasizing the risks of oil spills and the need to protect marine ecosystems and coastal economies.
- Business and energy organizations criticized the move, arguing it undermines U.S. energy security and economic interests, and called for its reversal by Congress and the incoming Trump administration.
- President-elect Donald Trump vowed to overturn the ban, though legal experts note the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act may limit his ability to do so unilaterally.
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