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    Trump Administration Opens Door To Dramatic Expansion Of Offshore Energy Leases

    The proposal includes all but one of 26 "planning areas" in federal waters in the Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic, comprising about 90 percent of the outer continental shelf.
    by Merrit Kennedy Jan 04, 2018 2 minutes
    A natural gas platform off the coast of Fort Morgan, Ala. in 2007.

    The Trump administration is proposing dramatic changes to policies on offshore leasing for oil and gas, opening the door to radically expand drilling in waters that were protected by the Obama administration.

    It's the "largest number of lease sales ever proposed, " Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told reporters. The proposed plan to sell offshore drilling leases in the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic over a five-year period was detailed Thursday.

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