
President Declares “Indefinite” Offshore Drill Ban for Alaska and Atlantic Coastal Waters
White House Issues Memorandum Withdrawing Bulk of Alaska’s Arctic OCS and Portions of Atlantic OCS from Oil and Gas Drilling Today the White House pulled the plug on offshore drilling leases in the bulk of the Arctic offshore Alaska and portions of the Atlantic outer continental shelf (OCS). “The United States is designating the vast majority of U.S. waters in