President Trump on Tuesday formally revoked an order that former President Barack Obama issued after the massive BP oil spill eight years ago, an effort to promote domestic offshore energy production.
Trump replaced the Obama order with a new executive order that extols environmental goals, but does not include Obama’s conservation directives and task forces. Instead, the new Trump order, called “Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States,” promotes the economy, domestic energy production in federal water, and national defense priorities.
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