President Donald Trump signed an order to extend a ban on offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico off Florida until June 30, 2032. The memorandum also expands the ban on oil drilling to Florida’s Atlantic coast, as well as to the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina.
“This protects your beautiful Gulf and your beautiful ocean, and it will for a long time to come,” Trump said in Jupiter, Florida, just before signing a presidential order in front of officials from the three states.
