US Oil is off limits by act of Congress

The sheiks in oil country thank the Democrats. Click to enlarge.


This map show areas of US off-shore territory where oil exploration and production is allowed by Congress in green, where it is prohibited by Congress in red. Yellow is non-US territory. Land areas are not color coded.

Mark J. Perry at Carpe Diem has more.

Why is so much of US oil country off limits? Please leave a comment.