Obama expected to ban offshore drilling leases in Arctic, Atlantic

Tuesday, December 20, 2016 - 14:01 in Earth & Climate

In an 11th-hour push for environmental protection before he leaves office, President Barack Obama is expected to order wide swaths of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans placed permanently off-limits for oil drilling, people briefed on the administration's plan said.

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