Trump Admin Opens Gulf of America to Oil and Gas Drilling, Eyes Alaska Next

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An oil platform off the coast of Huntington Beach, Calif., on Jan. 29, 2023.John Fredricks/The Epoch TimesThe Department of the Interior announced on Nov. 7  two major steps to expand offshore oil and gas leasing under President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, unveiling plans for the first lease sale in the Gulf of America and another proposed auction in Alaska’s Cook Inlet.The measures mark the start of a schedule of 30 offshore sales in the Gulf of America and six in Alaska, part of what the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) described as the Trump administration’s effort to “unleash American energy dominance” and cement the United States’ position as a global energy powerhouse.

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