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On Eve of Fossil Fuel Lease Moratorium, Biden Urged to Permanently Protect US Coast From Offshore Drilling

"President Biden has an incredible opportunity to act on climate change and protect our coasts once and for all by closing the chapter on future offshore oil leasing."

Brett Wilkins · Jan 26, 2021

As President Joe Biden prepares to announce a moratorium on new federal oil and gas leasing, the marine conservartion organization Oceana on Tuesday called on the president ot permanently protect the nation's coasts from offshore drilling. (Photo: Maersk Drilling/Flickr/cc)

A North Atlantic right whale and calf seen on March 22, 2019.

Huge Victory for Ocean Defenders as Seismic Blasting Halted in Atlantic

Andrea Germanos · Oct 1, 2020

10 Years After BP's Deepwater Horizon Offshore Catastrophe—Worst Spill in History—and Nothing Learned, Says New Report

Andrea Germanos · Apr 14, 2020

GOP-Controlled House Passes Bill to Eviscerate Nation's Marine Ecosystems, Fisheries

Jon Queally · Jul 12, 2018

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