Shortly before the end of his term in office this month, US President Joe Biden is pushing through far-reaching protection of US waters from further oil and gas extraction. The two "presidential memoranda" issued on Monday exempt all areas of the outer continental shelf off the east and west coasts of the country,

US President Joe Biden has announced a ban on offshore oil and gas drilling along most of America's coastline, weeks before Donald Trump takes office. During his campaign, Trump pledged to "unleash" domestic fossil fuel production in a bid to lower gas costs, despite the US already seeing record high extraction rates.

U.S. President Joe Biden will ban new offshore oil and gas development along most U.S. coastlines, a decision that President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to boost domestic energy production, may find difficult to reverse.