21-12-2016 01:27 via theverge.com

President Obama blocks new offshore drilling in Arctic and Atlantic

President Barack Obama just made millions of acres of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans off limits to oil and gas drilling. It’s a move that will protect critical habitats for marine life. And it will be challenging for the next administration to undo.It will be challenging for the next administration to undo
The president used a 1953 law called the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to safeguard 3.8 million acres of the Atlantic Ocean off of the East Coast of the United States — from so
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