Draft Plan Protects Atlantic Ocean but Leaves Arctic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Vulnerable to Oil and Gas Drilling
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. Today, the Obama administration released a draft of the 2017-2022 plan for offshore drilling, known as the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The plan protects the Atlantic Ocean, proposes new climate-based standards for leasing and drilling in the Arctic, but still allows oil and gas drilling in the…
