Expanding offshore drilling April 28 In the same executive order, Trump ordered the Department of the Interior to create a new five - year schedule for leasing blocks of the U.S. outer continental shelf for oil and gas exploration. (cnbc.com)
The depths of the U.S. outer continental shelf vary: Off of California's coast, for example, it gets deep fairly quickly compared with the east coast shelf. (scientificamerican.com)
Today the Department of Interior announced a streamline policy of approval for offshore wind power in outer continental shelf areas off New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. (treehugger.com)