President Joe Biden on Monday announced an executive action that will permanently ban future offshore oil and gas development in parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in a way that could be especially difficult for the incoming Trump administration to undo.
Biden’s executive action will ban new oil and gas leasing across 625 million acres of US ocean.
Nevertheless, Trump on Monday said in an interview he would try to undo the action.
I’ll unban it immediately,” Trump said in a radio interview on “The Hugh Hewitt Show.”.
The move would guard against future oil spills and against adding more planet-warming pollution from fossil fuels to the atmosphere.
Despite a friendly posture towards the oil and gas industry, Trump also moved to ban offshore drilling while president.
But Biden noted in his statement that protecting coastlines from offshore drilling has bipartisan support. »
