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The ocean under Biden
David Helvarg, opinion contributor
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The ocean under Biden
In 1890 the Census declared the frontier closed but in 1983 President Ronald Reagan established a new frontier, an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) stretching 200 miles out from America s shoreline. At 3.4 million square miles it s an area larger than our continental landmass.
Unfortunately for almost four years President Trump has treated the nation s ocean frontier as little more than a gas station and a garbage dump as he attempted to open up 90 percent of U.S. coastal waters to oil and gas drilling despite bipartisan opposition from governors of coastal states. His administration also undermined environmental laws and regulations from clean water standards to mercury emissions in ways that continue to threaten U.S. coastal jobs, wildlife and seafood. ....

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