Biden bans new drilling in coastal waters weeks before Trump handover

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : The outgoing Biden administration has styled itself as as historic leader in environmental policy, passing sweeping legislation to bolster clean energy output and electric vehicle uptake, although the president has also overseen a record boom in oil and gas production and handed out drilling leases at a higher rate even than Trump.
46% : Biden is taking the action under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953, which gives the federal government authority over the exploitation of offshore resources.
39% : When last in office, Trump shrank the size of two previously established national monuments in Utah.
37% : Trump said he would "unban it immediately" as soon as he re-enters the White House on January 20, although it is unclear whether he will be able to do this easily.
35% : "In an interview with the conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Monday, Trump said the rule would be overturned on his first day.
30% : The ban does not have an end date and could be legally -- and politically -- tricky for Trump to overturn.
29% : Trump is expected to ignore this target and remove the US from the Paris climate deal.
27% : A total of eight presidents have withdrawn territory from drilling under the act, including Trump himself -- who barred oil and gas extraction off the coasts of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.
10% : Joe Biden has banned offshore drilling across an immense area of coastal waters, weeks before Donald Trump takes office pledging to massively increase fossil fuel production.
10% : Despite this, Trump vowed to undo Biden's move, with the president-elect's spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, calling it "a disgraceful decision" and saying the incoming administration would "drill, baby, drill.

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