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.

    • @[email protected]OP
      6•2 days 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•2 days 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•2 days ago

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