Trump signs executive order to expand offshore oil and gas drilling in Arctic and beyond

President Donald Trump just signed an government order aimed toward increasing offshore oil and fuel drilling within the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans — and perhaps even within the Pacific Ocean. The transfer, which is predicted to lead to litigation in the courts, is the newest try and dismantle President Barack Obama’s environmental legacy. Final month, Trump began the process to halt Obama’s cornerstone plan to curb greenhouse fuel emissions. And on Wednesday, he signed another executive order that would broaden oil and fuel improvement on wilderness areas at present protected as nationwide monuments.

At this time’s government order instructs the Division of the Inside to evaluation places for offshore oil and fuel exploration and leasing that have been postpone limits by...

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