U.S.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday banned future oil and gas drilling
in most of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, the latest move to cement
his environmental legacy before he leaves office next month.
Using his
authority under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act that allow
presidents to withdraw areas from oil and gas leasing and
exploration, Obama has protected the entire U.S. Chukchi Sea and the
vast majority of the U.S. Beaufort Sea in the Arctic Ocean and 31
canyons in the Atlantic Ocean from drilling, the White House said.
Canada will
also freeze offshore oil and gas leasing in its Arctic waters, to be
reviewed every five years through a climate and marine science-based
assessment, according to the White House.
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