Source: Kaia Findlay and Frank Stasio, WUNC, 9/16/20
  

President Donald Trump announced a 10-year moratorium on offshore drilling off the coasts of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina last week. It appears on the surface to be a win for concerned environmentalists, but citizens in North Carolina are left wondering: Why were North Carolina coasts left unprotected?    The federal government holds the power to lease waters for drilling more than three nautical miles off the coast.

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