🛢️Trump Expands Offshore Oil Drilling: Courts vs. Executive Power
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Trump reversed Biden's offshore protections covering 625 million acres of coastal waters in February 2025, but federal courts challenge whether presidents can legally undo predecessors' withdrawals. Multiple lawsuits block the drilling expansion.
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How many acres of coastal waters did Trump's executive order open to potential oil drilling?
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What percentage of U.S. crude oil production comes from offshore leases?
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Which major oil disaster do environmental groups cite when opposing offshore drilling expansion?
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What did Trump rename the Gulf of Mexico in federal communications?
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How many municipalities have formally opposed offshore drilling expansion according to environmental groups?
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Which Trump administration official said no companies had approached them about Arctic drilling interest?
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What legal principle do environmental groups cite when arguing Trump cannot revoke Obama-era protections?
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What percentage of Americans live in coastal counties that rely on healthy oceans according to environmental groups?
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Name the environmental law organization that successfully blocked Trump's first attempt to undo offshore protections.
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What body of water did Obama-era protections specifically withdraw from oil drilling that Trump is trying to reopen?
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What organization describes Trump's offshore drilling expansion as "political theater"?
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Over 100 cities and towns along the Atlantic coast have passed resolutions supporting offshore drilling.
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Conservative groups filed the first environmental lawsuit against the second Trump administration.
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Trump argued that past administrations unnecessarily curtailed drilling to combat climate change.
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