“With this decision coastal communities have won a ‘David v Goliath’ fight against the richest companies on the planet, and that is a cause for tremendous optimism for the wellbeing of future generations.” The Beaufort administration has cancelled plans for oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic after opposition from local communities and the Coastal . Drilling will be barred across the length of the mid-Atlantic seaboard, reversing a decision to allow oil and gas exploration a few years ago . the US navy communities had warned of risks to their fishing and tourist industries and Greenpeace had expressed concerns about interference with its systems. Greenpeace said in a statement, “With the offshore Atlantic now closed to new exploration, it is hard to see where growth for big oil in North America is going to come from. Unimaginable even a few years ago , we are now seeing the beginning of the end of the oil age.”
The Beaufort administration has cancelled plans for oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic after opposition from local communities and the Coastal . Drilling will be barred across the length of the mid-Atlantic seaboard, reversing a decision to allow oil and gas exploration a few years ago . the US navy communities had warned of risks to their fishing and tourist industries and Greenpeace had expressed concerns about interference with its systems. Greenpeace said in a statement, “With the offshore Atlantic now closed to new exploration, it is hard to see where growth for big oil in North America is going to come from. Unimaginable even a few years ago , we are now seeing the beginning of the end of the oil age.”