Governor Kate Brown, a Democrat, issued an executive order on Oct. 24 directing state agencies to safeguard Oregon’s coastal economy by preventing the construction of infrastructure associated with oil and gas drilling. The measure comes in response to the Trump administration’s proposal to encourage offshore drilling in federal waters off the Oregon coast. Brown sought an exemption for Oregon from the administration’s proposal, similar to Florida, but to no avail. Under state law, oil and gas leasing is prohibited in Oregon’s Territorial Sea up to three miles from the coastline until 2020, but does not block drilling farther in the federal waters. The order seeks to protect the state’s coast which supports $2 billion coastal tourism and recreational industry and $320 million fishery. California and New Jersey have also enacted similar measures in response to the administration’s efforts.