"Drill, baby, drill" was Donald Trump's campaign pledge - and he's following through with a proposal to expand fossil fuel production, which environmentalists say would have devastating consequences.

The Trump administration has tabled a plan to open federal waters off the coasts of California , Florida , and Alaska to oil and gas drilling for the first time in decades - including areas that have never been touched.

A total of one billion acres of water would be offered for lease under the proposal. That's equivalent to more than half the total land mass of the US.

While the rest of the Western world is striving to move away from fossil fuels, the US appears to be gravitating back towards them , with the administration describing climate change as a "hoax," "a scam," a

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