Obama Bans New Offshore Oil, Gas Drilling On Millions of Acres in U.S. Arctic, Atlantic

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President Barack Obama banned new offshore oil and gas development in more than 100 million acres of the U.S. Arctic and undersea canyons in the Atlantic Ocean, an announcement certain to provoke a fight with the Republican-led Congress and his successor in the White House. In an announcement coordinated between two of the world's biggest oil producers, Canada committed to freeze new offshore leasing in its waters and review the matter every five years.