Summary

President Joe Biden invoked the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to protect 625 million acres of U.S. offshore waters from future oil and gas drilling, blocking areas along the East and West coasts, Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska’s North Bering Sea.

The move aims to prevent environmental damage and hinder Donald Trump’s plans to expand fossil fuel production upon returning to office.

Trump allies and the oil industry criticized the decision as politically motivated, while Biden emphasized bipartisan support for protecting coastal regions.

  • LasherzM
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    122 months ago

    72 year old law doesn’t sound as archaic when it’s used by octogenrians. Isn’t that well within their repetuar?

      • LasherzM
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        52 months ago

        Lol, I don’t know why my phone likes that spelling. Repertoire*

        • @Big_Boss_77
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          42 months ago

          Sorry lol not poking fun… just saw that and had to re-read a few times because that was all my brain would put out