He says they were meant as a way to counteract the spread of local drilling bans. (wxxinews.org)
Overturning Obama's Arctic drilling ban April 28 Trump issued an executive order overturning an indefinite ban on drilling in much of the U.S. Arctic Ocean and parts of the Atlantic. (cnbc.com)
I noted that it's hard to see a state shale - gas drilling ban meaningfully affecting a path to new energy options as long as the state is importing vast amounts of gas from other regions for both industry and household use: (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)