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U.S., Canada ban offshore drilling in Arctic waters
U.S., Canada ban offshore drilling in Arctic waters
President Barack Obama designated the bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely off limits to future oil and gas leasing. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also placed a moratorium on new oil and gas leasing in its Arctic waters.
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