Sea Save Foundation
Contributor
The debate about opening up the Atlantic Ocean to offshore gas and oil drilling has been going on for decades. Trump recently signed an executive order last week that “tells the secretary of the interior to consider including the Mid- and South Atlantic areas among those in the agency’s 2017-2022 plan to sell oil and gas leases on the outer continental shelf.” Democrats have reintroduced a bill called “the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling (COAST) Act.” The Democrats will fight for what Obama did before leaving office including banning drilling from the Canadian border to Virginia. Click on number 3 to read more.