Trump Administration’s New Leasing Plan Would Expand Offshore Drilling Everywhere | Earthjustice
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Trump proposes vast expansion of offshore drilling | Science | AAAS
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In a huge win for the oil and gas industry, the Trump administration today unveiled a new five-year plan that would allow more drilling in the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans.
Ending months of speculation and igniting an outcry from critics, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced the decision in a 1 p.m. press call.
"This is a start on looking at American energy dominance," Zinke said, adding that the plan would make the U.S. "the strongest energy superpower."
He said the new plan would make more than 90 percent of the outer continental shelf (OCS) open for leasing, including off California.
The plan would schedule 47 lease sales from 2019 to 2024, which Zinke called the largest number of lease sales ever proposed for the national OCS Program’s five-year lease schedule.
It would include 19 sales off the coast of Alaska, seven in the Pacific region, 12 in the Gulf of Mexico and nine in the Atlantic region.