Biden, Bering Sea

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. President Joe Biden invoked his authority under a federal law to withdraw about 44 million acres of the Northern Bering Sea and other federal offshore areas from the Department of the Interior’s oil and gas
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.
Biden makes an 11th-hour move to block coastal oil drilling
Monday's announcement covers the entire East Coast and West Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and a portion of the Bering Sea.
Biden Blocks Oil, Gas Development in Northern Bering Sea, U.S. Coastal Waters
President Biden blocked future oil and gas development across more than 625 million acres of U.S. waters today, including the Northern Bering Sea and areas along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The action represents the largest-ever presidential offshore protection measure,
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.
Biden plans to ban drilling across huge swaths of US oceans
The move would bar new oil and gas leases along the Atlantic coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific coast and portions of the northern Bering Sea
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 Mexico and North Bering Sea.
Biden’s new ban on offshore drilling. Will it stand?
President Joe Biden has announced prohibitions on future oil and gas drilling across parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and the Northern Bering Sea. This withdrawal of rights will not affect the majority of offshore drilling in the U.
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
Biden’s Offshore Drilling Ban Sets Stage For Showdown With Trump
Budget reconciliation offers perhaps the best potential avenue for Republicans to undo President Biden's recent ban on offshore oil and gas drilling.
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In his final days, President Biden moves to protect the Atlantic Coast, including NC, from drilling
It’s not uncommon for presidents to issue a flurry of executive actions just before they leave office, but how many of those ...
Biden bans new drilling in large area, including off Ventura County coast
President Joe Biden has banned future oil and gas drilling in more than 625 million acres of the U.S. ocean, including federal waters off Ventura County. White House officials said the prohibition ...
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 ...
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 ...