Posted on 04/28/2017 4:14:36 PM PDT by Innovative
The executive order President Donald Trump signed Friday could ease offshore oil drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans and possibly lead to oil exploration in new marine sanctuaries, including some off the California and Florida coasts.
“We are opening it up,” said Trump, referring to the administration’s plan to allow oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean, which President Barack Obama had declared off limits.
Trump’s order, known as the America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, directs the Interior Department to review the current five-year oil exploration plan on the Outer Continental Shelf as well as the permitting process for development of new oil leases.
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Go, Trump!
Obama made things off limits to cripple the US.
Here comes the hysteria.
Marine sanctuaries my butt. No one cared about these areas until Obama placed them off limits.
Maybe now the northeastern fishermen can get their living back.
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