Biden invoked the 2010 BP oil spill, but his ban doesn’t include the area of the Gulf where the spill occurred.
Environmental groups applauded President Joe Biden’s decision on Monday to enact a sweeping ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling along most of the U.S. coastline. But the ban had one glaring omission: It didn’t include the western Gulf of Mexico ...
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.
An energy industry researcher says, despite both praise and criticism of President Joe Biden’s executive order banning offshore drilling in huge swaths off much of the nation’s coastline, the measure will likely have no near-term impact on oil and gas exploration.
President Biden has taken an action that will effectively ban future offshore drilling in certain areas. Find out how Louisiana may be impacted here.
A 70-year-old law makes revoking the offshore drilling ban tricky, but Biden's ban might not have a big impact on U.S. drilling anyway.
Monday's announcement covers the entire East Coast and West Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and a portion of the Bering Sea.
President-elect Donald Trump claimed he was going to rename the Gulf of Mexico and blasted President Joe Biden's transition out of office.
Trump wants to "drill, baby, drill," but undoing Biden's offshore ban will likely require congressional action, and the politics of coastal drilling is complex.
As a hub for offshore oil drilling, Louisiana faces major impacts from President Biden’s 625-million-acre drilling ban. Here’s how state leaders are reacting.
The new Whale development is up and running following President Joe Biden’s drilling ban along much of the U.S. coastline.
the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's North Bering Sea. President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law Sunday, marking what is expected to be one of the last major pieces ...