Shed a Tier: An Analysis and Critique of Coastal States’ Ability to Oppose Trump’s 2019–2024 Offshore Oil and Gas Proposal

32 pages In 2017, the Trump Administration announced a proposal to expand leasing offshore areas for oil and gas development as part of President Trump’s America-First Offshore Energy Strategy. The proposal allows new offshore oil and gas drilling in almost all coastal areas in the United States, co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Galloway, Mari
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University or Oregon School of Law 2020
Subjects:
National Environmental Policy Act
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
Coastal Zone Management Act
Endangered Species Act
Environmental protection
Arctic
Online Access:https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/25380
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Summary:32 pages In 2017, the Trump Administration announced a proposal to expand leasing offshore areas for oil and gas development as part of President Trump’s America-First Offshore Energy Strategy. The proposal allows new offshore oil and gas drilling in almost all coastal areas in the United States, contradicting former President Barack Obama’s drilling ban. The colossal expansion will allow oil and gas companies to lease off California’s shores for the first time in decades and make available over one billion acres in the Arctic and Eastern Seaboard for potential oil and gas production. This Article will analyze the opportunities for concerned coasts to oppose offshore oil and gas by exercising the powers reserved to the states throughout the phases of the process.

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