Chicago Tribune | America's oceans are open for oil drilling! But why not Lake Michigan? Chicago Tribune Yet there's nothing in the Interior Department's plan to undo the current ban on oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes. This is a clear case of coastal favoritism, denying Chicagoans their right to slow fish, oil-blackened gulls and the good-for ... Trump administration plans to allow oil and gas drilling off nearly all US coast Trump proposal would allow oil and gas drilling along most of US coastline President Trump Seeks to Open Most US Coastal Waters to Oil Drilling |