President Joe Biden on Monday made clear his desire to continue burning bridges and salting the earth as he leaves office, this time calling for all new offshore oil and gas drilling along the entire U.S. Atlantic coast and eastern Gulf of Mexico. announced a ban. They live in Pacific waters off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington, and in the northern Bering Sea, which borders Alaska.
While Biden is approved The White House has announced that numerous offshore wind energy projects have the potential to not only have devastating effects on wildlife and the environment, but also cause enormous amounts of pollution. framed His decision to ban offshore drilling is a way to “ensure our oceans and coasts are resilient to the threats of climate change and nature loss.”
Biden's ban was implemented in 1953 Outer continental shelf land lawwhich covers approximately 334 million acres of the outer Atlantic shelf that runs east of the United States from Canada to the southern tip of Florida. to 250 million acres of federal waters off the West Coast. and up to 44 million acres in the northern Bering Sea.
The White House says Biden's unilateral decision to prevent Americans from exploiting the rich and internationally coveted resources beneath 625 million acres of U.S. oceans will negatively impact the nation's energy needs. He suggested that it would not give
“Drilling off these coasts could cause irreparable damage to the places we hold dear and is unnecessary to meet our nation's energy needs. We are taking the risk.” It’s not worth it.” said In a statement. “As the climate crisis continues to threaten communities across the country and we transition to a clean energy economy, now is the time to protect these shores for our children and grandchildren.”
“Drill, baby, drill”
According to the White House, deeply unpopular The Democratic executive order “builds on the Biden-Harris Administration's ambitious climate change plan and unprecedented commitment to protect America's natural wonders for current and future generations.”
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act does not give the president explicit authority to rescind such bans and return federal waters to development. reported CNN. As a result, President-elect Donald Trump will need a Republican-controlled Congress to step up and change policy before lifting Biden's ban.
Caroline Levitt, President-elect Trump's press secretary, said: called banned “This is a disgraceful decision to take political revenge on the American people who gave President Trump the power to expand drilling and lower gas prices.”
“Rest assured, Joe Biden will fail, and we will train, baby, we will train,” Levitt added.
“Their last act is to burn what's left on the ground.”
Mike Somers, president of the American Petroleum Institute, slammed the move. states“American voters sent a clear message that they support domestic energy development, but the current administration is using its final days in office to solidify its record of doing everything it can to limit it. ”
“Congress and the next administration should take full advantage of our nation's vast ocean resources as a critical source of affordable energy, government revenue, and stability around the world,” Somers continued. “We urge policymakers to use every tool at their disposal to reverse this politically motivated decision and restore a pro-American energy approach to federal leasing.”
“Robust offshore oil and gas development could add more than $8 billion in additional government revenue by 2040,” API said.
According to In 2022, about 14.5% of U.S. crude oil was produced from wells in federal tax waters off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, and 0.1% was produced in federal waters off the coast of California, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data.
American Oil and Gas Association noticed In X, “They have thoroughly plundered the treasury and distributed the spoils among their friends. Their final act is to burn what is left.”
The offshore oil drilling ban is the latest in a series of controversial 11th-hour decisions by Mr. Biden.
The 82-year-old Democratic lawmaker also said:
- It undermined President Trump's pursuit of peace in Ukraine and risked a shootout with the nuclear-armed state by authorizing the use of American long-range missiles against Russia.
- Granted “unconditional'' full pardon to son of felon Hunter Biden and commuted sentences of child murderers, fraudsters, and other corrupt convicts.
- ran through Judges happy with DEI.
- exercised the right of veto
The bipartisan bill would create 66 new benches in understaffed federal courts across the country over the next few years. - set Advanced greenhouse gas emissions targets.
- The highest civilian honor was given to George Soros, unsuccessful presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and a woman, Cecile Richards. made millions of dollars at Planned Parenthood, an organization that helps end the lives of millions of American unborn children.
- On Jan. 6, committee leaders Liz Cheney, U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson and former U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) were awarded the second-highest civilian honor. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Favorites who was it definitely accused sexually assaulting a waitress with Ted Kennedy in 1985; and
- took steps to “Trump Proof” Federal bureaucracy.
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