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.

Importantly, the law authorizing this doesn’t authorize the president to reverse the ban. Trump has used it before too.

So reversing this likely means an unusual ruling from the courts, or getting congress to change things. Both possible, but take a lot more effort than simply issuing an executive order.

  • @officermike
    6•1 month ago

    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.

    So that basically just leaves the Texas and Louisiana Gulf coast, and part of the Alaskan coast?

    • @[email protected]OP
      7•1 month ago

      Yes, and state waters (those less than 3 miles from shore) where the federal government isn’t the one making the management decisions.

      • @[email protected]OP
        6•1 month ago

        I don’t see that in the list, but Hawaii has a very different geology which makes oil much less likely there

        • @AbouBenAdhemEnglish
          3•1 month ago

          Sure—I thought the previous comment was just trying to identify any US coastlines not on the list, not filtering by reason for exclusion.

          • @officermike
            6•1 month ago

            I did not exclude Hawaii on the basis of oil prospects, I just forgot about it.