US takes measures against further oil and gas extraction

Tuesday, 07 January 2025

Shortly before the end of his term in office this month, US President Joe Biden is pushing through US waters’ protection measures against further oil and gas extraction.

The two ‘presidential memoranda’ issued on Monday exempt all areas of the outer continental shelf off the east and west coasts of the US, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and other parts of the northern Bering Sea in Alaska from future oil and gas production. 


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