Last month, President Trump announced he would extend the moratorium on drilling off much of the Atlantic coastline. Even as he made the announcement, many in the oil industry were hoping to be able to continue surveying the area — but that prospect may have disappeared last week. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre contextualizes the reversal on offshore drilling from the White House.
Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO
Energy.Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for
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