Comment on President Trump’s new offshore drilling lease plan, comment by Jan 23, 2026

On November 20, the Department of the Interior released President Trump’s new offshore drilling lease plan, the 11th National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program. The proposal includes as many as 34 potential offshore lease sales across 1.27 billion acres. It includes 21 areas off the coast of Alaska, seven in the Gulf of Mexico including portions of the Eastern gulf, and six off of California.  Despite local opposition, the Trump administration is offering areas spanning California’s entire coastline and encroaching closer to Florida’s coast.

The Department of Interior’s 60-day public comment period begins today November 24, 2025 through the Federal Register. Following a public Request for Information and Comment published in April 2025, the Department received more than 86,000 submissions from stakeholders, state officials, industry participants, and the general public. To make our pro-environmental  voices heard nationwide, the goal is to surpass that level of participation in the upcoming comment period.

Learn more about the proposed plan and use the messaging resources included in this toolkit to plan your response and submit public comments through the Federal Register link here.