Jennifer Dlouhy
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Bloomberg reporter in DC covering all things energy (oil, gas, wind, solar, storage) and climate change. I live for good tips and good scoops.
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Biden to Ban More Offshore Oil Drilling Before Trump Arrives
President Joe Biden is preparing to issue a decree permanently banning new offshore oil and gas development in some US coastal waters, locking in difficult-to-revoke protections during his final weeks...
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January 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Notably Trump used the same provision to block oil leasing in waters near Florida & the Southeast US while campaigning for reelection in 2020 (those designations are due to expire in 2032). Other presidents have used the authority: Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton & Barack Obama.
January 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Notably Trump used the same provision to block oil leasing in waters near Florida & the Southeast US while campaigning for reelection in 2020 (those designations are due to expire in 2032). Other presidents have used the authority: Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton & Barack Obama.
Though presidents have modified predecessors’ orders withdrawing areas from oil leasing, courts have never validated a complete reversal — and until Trump, no president had even attempted one. (A federal district court turned back Donald Trump’s attempt to revoke Obama-era withdrawals in 2019.)
January 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Though presidents have modified predecessors’ orders withdrawing areas from oil leasing, courts have never validated a complete reversal — and until Trump, no president had even attempted one. (A federal district court turned back Donald Trump’s attempt to revoke Obama-era withdrawals in 2019.)
Unlike executive orders and regulations that can be easily repealed, Biden’s declaration is set to be rooted in an obscure 72-year-old provision of federal law that gives presidents wide discretion to withdraw US waters from leasing (without explicitly authorizing them to undo those designations).
January 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Unlike executive orders and regulations that can be easily repealed, Biden’s declaration is set to be rooted in an obscure 72-year-old provision of federal law that gives presidents wide discretion to withdraw US waters from leasing (without explicitly authorizing them to undo those designations).