The federal government did an “about-face” today, reversing a 2015 proposal to open up stretches of the Atlantic Ocean, including the continental shelf off the coast of South Carolina, for offshore oil drilling as soon as 2021. We previously blogged about the proposal last year, noting that numerous environmental groups as well as local governments had expressed opposition to the idea.
Expected Environmental Priorities of the Second Trump Administration
On November 5, Donald Trump was re-elected as President. He announced that he has selected Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin to head the nation’s
