Posted on 01/06/2025 3:16:02 PM PST by Signalman
In a move that will undoubtedly hurt American energy independence, outgoing President Joe Biden has imposed a sweeping ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters. This latest decision effectively shuts down vital energy resources, pushing the country further away from energy self-sufficiency. Despite soaring gas prices and growing calls to increase domestic production, the Biden Administration is doubling down on its progressive green agenda at the expense of American workers and families. Critics argue that this ban will stifle economic growth, jeopardize jobs, and leave the U.S. even more reliant on foreign energy sources.
Just hours before Congress met to certify President-elect Donald Trump’s election win, Biden issued an 11th-hour executive order that bans oil and natural gas drilling on 625 million acres, or larger than the states of Alaska and Texas combined, of coastal and offshore waters in the U.S. However, the Trump transition team called the move “ridiculous” and “political revenge.” Trump vowed to “unban it immediately” upon taking office.
“I am taking action to protect the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea from oil and natural gas drilling and the harm it can cause,” Biden said in a statement. “My decision reflects what coastal communities, businesses, and beachgoers have known for a long time: that drilling off these coasts could cause irreversible damage to places we hold dear and is unnecessary to meet our nation’s energy needs. It is not worth the risks.”
The lame-duck president claimed that the so-called “climate crisis” is growing and threatening communities across the country. Biden added that his anti-American ban would result in a “clean energy economy” that would protect “our children and grandchildren.”
Incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the move a “disgraceful decision” on Biden’s part. She said that when Trump takes over the White House, he will “drill baby, drill” to make gas prices affordable again.
Just a few months ago, outgoing White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre promised the American people that Biden had no interest in an oil-drilling ban, insisting that he “was 'focused on securing America's energy independence.”
Yup
In effect he has banned offshore drilling in approximately 1000 square miles of offshore drilling. Near inshore drilling is the function of the individual states. What he has really done is effectively banned drilling in all offshore federal waters. There is much oil to be used in these deep offshore waters. Our technology can do it. I had a job in 1600 feet of water in the past. It was considered cutting edge technology then with global positioning and a free floating rig positioned by thrusters. Today that is but child’s play. Today we can do the same in many thousands of feet of water.
Biden is a bad man.
He is a bastard and fool. He thinks he does good as he destroys.
FU Biden was illegally-elected (voter fraud to be exposed) and FU Biden was not inaugurated. Nothing he’s done since 1/20/2021 is legal; it’s null and void.
This will force the issue to the courts, hopefully it won't take forever to decide.
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