Offshore oil drilling will be banned from Georgia’s coast until 2032. President Donald Trump made the announcement on Tuesday, during a campaign stop in the battleground state of Florida.
Earlier in his administration, Trump had pushed to open up nearly all of the country’s coasts for oil drilling.
But in Georgia, as in other states, there’s been bipartisan opposition to offshore oil because of concerns about its effects on tourism, fisheries and wildlife.
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