CNN WIRE -- Biden offshore drilling ban makes Trump reversal difficult

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : I'll unban it immediately," Trump said in a radio interview on "The Hugh Hewitt Show."As Biden's presidency draws to a close, environmental and climate groups have advocated for him to withdraw areas off the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, as well as other parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans -- giving the areas permanent protections from future drilling.
49% : The ban will prevent oil companies from leasing waters for new drilling along the entire East Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California, and portions of Alaska's Northern Bering Sea.
43% : The move would guard against future oil spills and against adding more planet-warming pollution from fossil fuels to the atmosphere.
39% : Nevertheless, Trump on Monday said in an interview he would try to undo the action.
39% : After proposing a major expansion in offshore drilling early in his first term, Trump in 2020 extended a ban on future oil drilling in the Eastern Gulf and expanded it to include the Atlantic coasts of three states: Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
32% : "Despite a friendly posture towards the oil and gas industry, Trump also moved to ban offshore drilling while president.
9% : Still, Trump's incoming press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, lambasted the decision, writing in a post on X, "This is a disgraceful decision designed to exact political revenge on the American people who gave President Trump a mandate to increase drilling and lower gas prices.

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