And yet, “as oil continues to spoil the Gulf,” the Post adds, “the Trump administration is proposing the largest expansion of leases for the oil and gas industry, with the potential to open nearly the entire outer continental shelf to offshore drilling. That includes the Atlantic coast, where drilling hasn’t happened in more than a half century, and where hurricanes hit with double the regularity of the Gulf.”

https://theenergymix.com/2018/10/26/14-year-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-about-to-become-worst-in-u-s-history-with-no-end-in-sight/