Promoting Energy Expansion Plan: The U.S. Government Plans to Open Coastal and Alaskan Protected Areas for Oil and Gas Exploration

On October 23rd local time, reporters from the state media learned that the U.S. government is advancing an energy expansion plan, preparing to open nearly all U.S. coastal waters and the coastal plains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska for new oil and gas exploration. U.S. media reports indicate that this move has sparked opposition from governors of multiple states and environmental organizations, who are concerned that the risk of oil spills could threaten coastal economies that rely on tourism