Trump proposes Alaska, California, and Gulf Coast offshore oil and gas leases in five-year plan

Published November 20, 2025 2:26pm ET



The Trump administration is proposing to lease large swaths of water off the coast of California, the eastern Gulf shore, and the High Arctic for oil and gas drilling, escalating its plans to “drill, baby, drill.”

The administration’s plan was outlined in the Interior Department’s five-year management plan for oil and gas development, released Thursday.

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