Trump administration plans to allow oil and gas drilling off nearly all US coast
by Oliver Milman in New York from on (#3CDTJ)
- Ryan Zinke unveils plan to offer leases in Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic
- Environmental groups and some Republicans lead outcry
The Trump administration has unveiled a plan that would open almost all US offshore territory to oil and gas drilling, including previously protected areas of the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans.
Ryan Zinke, the secretary of the interior, said a new oil and gas leasing programme, which would run from 2019 to 2024, would make more than 90% of the outer continental shelf available for what would be the largest ever number of lease sales to fossil fuel companies.
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