
Trump plans huge oil drilling expansion off California and Alaska coasts
• The Department of Interior proposed 34 offshore oil lease sales through 2031.
• The Trump program would include lease sales in 21 areas off Alaska’s coast, six off the Pacific coast and seven in the Gulf of Mexico.
• The Trump program would include lease sales in 21 areas off Alaska’s coast, six off the Pacific coast and seven in the Gulf of Mexico. It would mark the first time since 1984 that Interior has allowed a new lease in the Pacific, according to the Congressional Research Service.