H.R. 2820, known as the “California Clean Coast Act of 2025,” aims to permanently stop new oil and gas leasing activities off the coast of California. It modifies the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit any future pre-leasing, leasing, or related actions in those offshore areas of...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 2820 is a new rule that says people can't make deals to search for or take oil and gas from the sea next to California anymore. But, if they already have a deal from before this rule, they can keep doing what they're doing.