Why is drilling for oil in the atlantic ocean illegal?

I heard about a petition trying to make drilling for oil in certain areas legal. But before signing anything I want someone to tell me why drilling in these areas were said to be illegal in the first place.Why is drilling for oil in the atlantic ocean illegal?
They used to allow drilling but after several events where the rigs suffered damage, the oil killed hundreds of thousands of wild life and despoiled hundreds of miles of beach with thick, gooey, black ooze.





People got disgusted and had their congressmen and governors of both political parties stop the drilling so that the ecological health of the area could be refreshed.





We should have learned from those experiences but some fools think we can start drilling there again and the same thing won't happen.





The public has a short memory, unfortunately. It would be a terrible idea to let the drilling begin because none of the oil will reach market for at least 10 years and we should have much better methods of transportation than oil and gas working by then.





Thanks for asking...hope this helps.Why is drilling for oil in the atlantic ocean illegal?
Ronnie %26amp; DADDY ';decided'; many years ago that, that is the way it was going to be, and junior agreed with them, that was before he disagreed with them, and Jeb told his brother NO WAY are you going to allow drilling off the coast of Floridah, and junior said YES Jeb. So that's why drilling in the Atlantic ocean is illegal.
Early offshore drilling efforts would sometime spill oil into the ocean. People in the U.S. decided that it would be better to buy oil from other countries and let the oil slicks foul their beaches instead. Now that demand for oil is rising and oil extraction technology is much better we are rethinking that ban. Of course none of this solves the underlying problem, which is the collapsing value of our currency.
Tree huggers cry about it ,,say it hurts the environment








oil is unsustainable,,,we need to get off it its only gonna get worse
The Democrats passed a law that makes it illegal.
Environmental reasons basically. Look at all the oil spills that have taken place.
Ask Jeb Bush.