344.046 (Environmental law and regulations)

  • Biden’s Final Act: The Ban on Offshore Drilling and Its Legal Implications

    In one of his final moves as President, Joe Biden issued two presidential memoranda on Monday to prohibit new offshore drilling across over 625 million acres of U.S. ocean and coastal regions. The bans, enacted under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), are among Biden’s most significant environmental decisions as he nears the end…