Although Zinke said the announcement "lays out the options that are on the table and starts a lengthy and robust public comment period," oil and gas experts think the plan lacks economic reality as well.

"Considering all the potential financial, regulatory and legal problems oil companies would face in drilling off California, oil prices would have to go far higher to make that enticing, said pro-oil ClearView Energy Partners in Washington, D.C.

Industry experts agree that drilling in deep waters for offshore oil and gas is extraordinarily risky and expensive, with a one-billion-U.S. dollar price tag per well, and a 10-year timetable before production.

And renewable energy groups such as Colorado's Rocky Mountain Institute point to studies showing solar energy becoming more cost effective than fossil fuel burning by 2023.

"The Trump Administration continues to uphold fossil fuel billionaires and their profit mongering over the realities of science and climate change," Yakupitiyage said.

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