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The Trump administration announced plans to open federal Pacific waters to oil and gas leases for the first time in over four decades.

The draft plan would also open areas of Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico to new leases.

It replaces a much more limited plan from President Joe Biden.

The Trump administration on Thursday announced plans to open federal waters in the Pacific Ocean to new oil and gas leases for the first time in more than four decades.

The draft plan released by the U.S. Department of the Interior confirms rumors that have been swirling for weeks. The proposal would see as many as 34 offshore lease sales across 1.27 billion acres of the Outer Continental Shelf throu

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