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Biden Expected to Permanently Ban Oil Drilling in Some Federal Waters (www.nytimes.com)
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[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 23 points 1 month ago

Permanently meaning ~1 week.

[-] Hirom@beehaw.org 4 points 1 month ago

Probably much more than 1 week

While section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act gives a president wide leeway to bar drilling, it does not include language that would allow Mr. Trump or any future president to revoke a ban.

That was tested after President Barack Obama banned offshore drilling in parts of the Arctic Ocean and dozens of canyons in the Atlantic Ocean. During his first term in office Mr. Trump tried to revoke the ban. In 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason in Alaska ruled that Mr. Obama’s ban could not be undone without an act of Congress.

[-] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

act of Congress

They have congress

republicans have only gotten more "maga" than last time

[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

Maybe. That assumes the SCOTUS actually gives a damn, which they've routinely shown that they don't.

[-] Hirom@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It would take months to go through court system until SCOTUS finally make a decision. In the worst case, even if they overturn the decision to protect waters, it would still delay drilling.

[-] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 points 1 month ago

Or he could just ask Congress to reverse it, done.

[-] Hirom@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

They could indeed. I hope not.

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