As originally proposed in March, the sale would have made 73 million acres of offshore tracts available for drilling leases. That area was reduced to 67 million acres in August when Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced final plans for the sale
Unlike other states, California does not let insurance companies consider current or future risks when deciding how much to charge for an insurance policy. Instead, they can only consider what’s happened on a property in the past to set the price
The U.S. has been seeking to broker an agreement in which Saudi Arabia would normalize relations with Israel in exchange for a U.S. defense pact, aid in developing a civilian nuclear program and progress toward creating a Palestinian state