This is the second article in our four-part series “The Congo Basin peatlands.” Read Part One. The announcement came in mid-2019: A pool of oil lay deep beneath a swampy section of the northern Republic of Congo that could nearly quadruple the country’s output. It just seemed to be waiting there for the oil-rich country […]
large swath from the atlantic coast from new jersey all the way down to florida. more exploration out here in the gulf coast as well, and, again, we ll get to alaska in just a second. but you see this right here. here is an area that is now off-limits, the white spots. all along the pacific coast out here and some spots up here in the northeast, and some areas down here around florida and near the gulf coast. the administration says the resource potential here is so low they will not allow drilling there right now. and here s one other thing we want to show you, newly protected areas. to do that, we ll swing you up here to alaska. and you see the pink here? that is bristol bay. the administration says, no, to drilling in here, and many up in alaska and else where don t like that. you see the green area, that s where there s currently allowed drilling up in alaska, and up here is proposed for new drilling for the administration plan today. the yellow area a proposal to allow new drillin