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Biden Expected to Permanently Ban Oil Drilling in Some Federal Waters (www.nytimes.com)
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Edit: Bloomberg seems to have broken this story

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[-] [email protected] 54 points 5 months ago

If one president can permanently ban it, the next can permanently allow it. As if Trump cabinet will care about law, anyway.

[-] [email protected] 47 points 5 months ago

It is based on the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which allows presidents to protect waters, but it does not allow for that permission to be revoked. So if Trump wants to revoke it, he has to change the law. The Democrats will try to slow it down and the legal system in the US works well enough to allow such projects to be put on hold for some time. It probably is not going to stop Trump, but it will slow things down, which is good.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago

Or he can ignore the law and suffer no consequences...

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Consequences! Hah! You’re joking right?

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