What new offshore drilling plans is the Trump administration proposing?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Trump administration is planning to open new stretches of the ocean to offshore drilling in California, the Arctic, and the Gulf of Mexico. As NPR's Camilla Dominovsky reports, the Trump administration says the move is meant to make the U.S. energy dominant for decades to come.
The proposal calls for auctioning off leases in the eastern Gulf and the untouched high Arctic in Alaska, as well as up and down the California coast, which hasn't seen new drilling in decades. Oil and gas groups welcome the move as opening up investments. Environmental groups have denounced it as high risk and low reward.
Wade Crowfoot, the California Secretary for Natural Resources, called into a press conference from the California coastline and spoke with waves crashing behind him. Expanding offshore oil drilling is a danger. The plan will be open for public comment for 60 days. Camilla Dominovsky, NPR News.
The U.S. and Russia have drawn up a plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine that calls for major concessions from Kyiv, including giving up the Donbass region in the eastern part of the country. The plan blindsided European diplomats who have called for themselves and Ukraine to be consulted. NPR's Tom Bowman explains the response from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
After the meeting with Army Secretary Dan Driscoll for an hour or so, Zelensky released a statement that was pretty conciliatory, saying they agreed to work on the plan's provisions to end the war. Another U.S. official, not authorized to speak publicly, tells us that Driscoll and Zelensky agreed, get this, on an aggressive timeline for signature negotiations.
So it seems this is all moving quite quickly, despite the concerns of European allies.
NPR's Tom Bowman reporting, the Labor Department says U.S. employers added 119,000 jobs in September, more than expected, but job growth in the summer was weaker than first reported. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the new numbers were delayed by the six-week government shutdown.
The report shows hiring was uneven in September. Health care and hospitality continued to add workers. but factories and warehouses shed jobs. The unemployment rate inched up to 4.4 percent while the workforce grew. Job gains for the two previous months were revised down by a total of 33,000 jobs.
While the information in today's release is somewhat stale, it's the last jobs report the Federal Reserve will get before its next decision in December on interest rates. Snapshots of the October and November job market have been delayed by the government shutdown and Some of the October figures, including the unemployment rate, were not gathered at all. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
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