The entire Northern Bering Sea is now off-limits to oil and gas leasing, under a presidential directive announced on Monday. President Joe Biden invoked his authority under a federal law to withdraw about 44 million acres of the Northern Bering Sea and other federal offshore areas from the Department of the Interior’s oil and gas

In response, Alaska’s new U.S. representative, Nick Begich III, called Biden a “son of a bitch” on social media and incorrectly suggested the action applied to Cook Inlet.

The decision adds to a closure Obama created. It’s not clear Trump can reverse it without an act of Congress. The oil and gas industry is not active in the area.

President Biden blocked future oil and gas development across more than 625 million acres of U.S. waters today, including the Northern Bering Sea and areas along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The action represents the largest-ever presidential offshore protection measure,

An order by Trump attempting to reverse the ban will likely end up in court and could ultimately be struck down.

Monday's announcement covers the entire East Coast and West Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and a portion of the Bering Sea.

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The ban affects the entire Eastern Seaboard, the Pacific Coast along California, Oregon and Washington, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Northern Bering Sea.

The move would bar new oil and gas leases along the Atlantic coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific coast and portions of the northern Bering Sea

President Joe Biden has announced prohibitions on future oil and gas drilling across parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and the Northern Bering Sea. This withdrawal of rights will not affect the majority of offshore drilling in the U.

The president will prohibit future oil and gas drilling off the East and West coasts, eastern Gulf of Mexico and remaining portions of Alaska's Northern Bering Sea