Trump administration’s proposed offshore oil drilling expansion ‘sidelined indefinitely’

This Virginia Mercury article discusses a Wall Street Journal article on how the Trump administration’s proposed offshore oil drilling expansion is being ‘sidelined indefinitely’.

President Donald Trump’s administration has shelved for the moment a plan to potentially open vast stretches of American waters, including off the coast of Virginia, to offshore oil drilling, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The announcement comes after a federal court decision that blocks drilling in the Arctic, setting up a long appeals process.

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