Biden closes Northern Bering Sea to offshore drilling
The decision adds to a closure Obama created. It’s not clear Trump can reverse it without an act of Congress. The oil and gas industry is not active in the area.
Alaska’s congressional delegation reacts to Biden’s planned ban on offshore drilling
Alaska’s congressional delegation is responding on Monday—some members more vocally than others—to the White House’s announcement that President Joe Biden will ban new offshore oil and gas drilling along most of the U.
Biden Permanently Bans Offshore Drilling Across 625M Acres of Coastal Territory
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Biden issues new offshore oil drilling bans, including for Bering Sea
The Bering Sea will be among the more than 600 million acres that President Joe Biden withdrew from future oil and gas drilling, the White House announced Monday.
Biden Bans New Oil and Gas Drilling Along Most U.S. Coasts
The ban affects the entire Eastern Seaboard, the Pacific Coast along California, Oregon and Washington, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Northern Bering Sea.
Joe Biden to ban future offshore drilling across millions of acres
The president will prohibit future oil and gas drilling off the East and West coasts, eastern Gulf of Mexico and remaining portions of Alaska's Northern Bering Sea
Why it might be hard for Trump to reverse Biden’s offshore oil ban
A 70-year-old law makes revoking the offshore drilling ban tricky, but Biden's ban might not have a big impact on U.S. drilling anyway.
Biden extends oil and gas leasing ban in Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea
The entire Northern Bering Sea is now off-limits to oil and gas leasing, under a presidential directive announced on Monday.
Alaska's snow crab season is back after pause, but uncertainty looms
Biologists blamed the rapid decline of snow crab on a 2018 climate-fueled heatwave. Some fishermen are still reeling as they ...
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Biden Blocks Oil, Gas Development in Northern Bering Sea, U.S. Coastal Waters
President Biden blocked future oil and gas development across 625M acres of U.S. waters, including the Northern Bering Sea.
Biden withdraws more than 600M acres of federal waters from future oil and gas drilling, including in the Bering Sea
President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is withdrawing vast swaths of the coastal U.S. from future oil and gas drilling, including in and near Alaska's Bering Sea, citing environmental and ...
Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. With a stroke of a pen, Tsar Alexander II had ceded Alaska, his ...
Biden to block oil drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters
President Joe Biden will prohibit future oil and gas leasing across large swaths of the Atlantic, Pacific, eastern Gulf of ...
Biden Ends Presidency How He Started It: Halting Oil Production
With two weeks left in office, President Joe Biden is ending his presidency the same way he started it: halting oil ...