Biden makes an 11th-hour move to block coastal oil drilling

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "This is a commitment to turning the corner from fossil fuels to clean energy.
57% : Biden has previously protected much smaller regions from oil development, but Monday's announcement covers vastly more territory: the entire East Coast and West Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and a portion of the Bering Sea.
57% : A filibuster-proof budget reconciliation bill could be a path for reopening these acres to oil development.
55% : But the region includes the eastern Gulf of Mexico, where oil companies are interested in expanding when an existing moratorium expires.
47% : Trump himself used it to protect the coasts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina for 12 years.
12% : After former President Barack Obama undertook a similar action late in his administration to protect waters from drilling with no end date, Trump attempted to reverse it -- without success.

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