( January 7, 2025, 9:47 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Jan. 6 issued two presidential memoranda prohibiting oil and natural gas leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf areas off the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and portions of the Northern Bering Sea in Alaska, pursuant to his authority under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA)....