House Passes Several Bills To Ban Drilling In Parts Of U.S.

The transcript discusses recent legislative efforts to ban oil and gas drilling in certain US areas. The House passed the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, repealing a 2017 provision allowing drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Two other bills aim to ban offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. While Obama had banned new drilling in most US-owned Arctic and Atlantic waters, Trump reversed this in 2017, but a federal judge reinstated the ban. The bills face challenges in the Senate, and Trump has threatened to veto them.

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