Trump Admin targets California, Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska for New Offshore Drilling: Take Action!
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The Trump administration is officially pursuing an unprecedented and dangerous new offshore drilling plan that will open vast stretches of U.S. coastlines up to new offshore oil and gas drilling.
If this lease sale plan moves forward, it could lock in decades of new drilling off California, the Gulf of Mexico, including the previously protected waters off of Florida, and Alaska, including the pristine High Arctic, where drilling has never been attempted before because of the hazards.
This will threaten beaches, surf spots, and coastal ecosystems across the country, and jeopardize the coastal tourism and recreation industries that sustain local communities and power regional economies.
If you’ve never signed a Surfrider action alert before, now is the time!
The Trump administration is officially pursuing an unprecedented and dangerous new offshore drilling plan that will open vast stretches of U.S. coastlines up to new offshore oil and gas drilling.
If this lease sale plan moves forward, it could lock in decades of new drilling off California, the Gulf of Mexico, including the previously protected waters off of Florida, and Alaska, including the pristine High Arctic, where drilling has never been attempted before because of the hazards.
This will threaten beaches, surf spots, and coastal ecosystems across the country, and jeopardize the coastal tourism and recreation industries that sustain local communities and power regional economies.
If you’ve never signed a Surfrider action alert before, now is the time!
Offshore drilling threatens marine life, coastal economies, and the communities who call these places home. But this fight isn’t just about stopping oil rigs — it’s about standing up to powerful corporate interests and ensuring that our coasts remain healthy, vibrant, and protected for future generations.
Here’s what we’re doing on a daily basis to protect our coasts against new oil drilling:
The strength of our movement lies in you — our nationwide community of ocean advocates. Together, we can keep the pressure on Congress to stand up for our ocean, not fossil fuel companies.


Offshore drilling threatens marine life, coastal economies, and the communities who call these places home. But this fight isn’t just about stopping oil rigs — it’s about standing up to powerful corporate interests and ensuring that our coasts remain healthy, vibrant, and protected for future generations.
Here’s what we’re doing on a daily basis to protect our coasts against new oil drilling:
The strength of our movement lies in you — our nationwide community of ocean advocates. Together, we can keep the pressure on Congress to stand up for our ocean, not fossil fuel companies.

The Surfrider Foundation, alongside a coalition of conservation organizations represented by Earthjustice, is filing the first environmental lawsuit against the new Trump administration. The lawsuit challenges President Trump’s illegal order to open protected areas of the ocean to future oil and gas leasing.
Offshore oil and gas drilling is the commercial extraction and production of oil and gas from beneath the ocean seafloor. Visit Surfrider’s Offshore Drilling Fact Sheet to learn about the environmental harm caused by offshore drilling, the risks and impacts to the U.S. economy and communities, and why new drilling is not needed to secure our energy supply.
Offshore oil and gas drilling is the commercial extraction and production of oil and gas from beneath the ocean seafloor. Visit Surfrider’s Offshore Drilling Fact Sheet to learn about the environmental harm caused by offshore drilling, the risks and impacts to the U.S. economy and communities, and why new drilling is not needed to secure our energy supply.
Offshore oil and gas drilling is the commercial extraction and production of oil and gas from beneath the ocean seafloor. Visit Surfrider’s Offshore Drilling Fact Sheet to learn about the environmental harm caused by offshore drilling, the risks and impacts to the U.S. economy and communities, and why new drilling is not needed to secure our energy supply.

Surfrider has a long and proud history of defending U.S. coastlines from new offshore drilling. Our strategy is grounded in grassroots activism that unites communities to take positive action. Download our Activist Toolkit to help build the movement to protect our coasts!
In collaboration with surf, streetwear, and tattoo artist Stephen Carballo – also known as The Los Angeles River – we’re excited to bring back our iconic #DrillingIsKilling collection. Proceeds from the collection will keep our ocean clean and protect it from the harms caused by new offshore drilling.
In collaboration with surf, streetwear, and tattoo artist Stephen Carballo – also known as The Los Angeles River – we’re excited to bring back our iconic #DrillingIsKilling collection. All proceeds will support our efforts to ban offshore drilling around the country, once and for all!