Last-ditch Obama decree seeks to stop Trump energy revival before it can start

Last-ditch Obama decree seeks to stop Trump energy revival before it can start

by WorldTribune Staff, December 21, 2016 In a final effort to counter President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to expand energy extraction, President Barack Obama on Dec. 20 announced a permanent ban on offshore drilling in broad parts of the Arctic and Atlantic coasts. The ban relies on the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953, which […]