Biden bans new offshore drilling along most of the U.S. coastline

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : "This will definitely limit the opportunity for exploration because that's exactly what this ban does and this is based on this 1953 law called the Outer Continental Shelves Act and what the act says is that it allows the president to protect offshore land under the sea against exploration of oil and gas for protection of the environment," University of Southern California Professor Shon Hiatt Ph.D. said.

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