President Joe Biden is reportedly set to permanently ban new oil and gas drilling in some federal waters in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in a late executive order that would limit the incoming Trump administration’s anticipated support for the fossil fuel industry.
Two people familiar with the plans confirmed to the New York Times that the president plans to issue the executive order as early as Monday, invoking the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
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