r/qualitynews • u/SaulKD • 2d ago

Biden bans offshore drilling across huge area of US before Trump takes office

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg6dg30vq0o
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u/Cawdor 2d ago

Well… guess that problem is solved for a couple weeks

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u/manikwolf19 1d ago

We're like a runaway truck avoiding cars on a downhill

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u/ThatChelseaGirl 1d ago

Sometimes it can be hard to reverse these things. For instance, Biden couldn’t automatically reverse a number of Trump policies, especially those that concerned immigration. So hopefully this will stick.

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u/jetpackjack1 1d ago edited 1d ago

As I recall, immediately after Obama left office, Republicans and Trump were able to cancel several policies he enacted in the last 60 days of his administration, using some rule or another. I fully expect them to do it again.

Edit: It’s called the Congressional Review Act. Any legislation submitted to the House or Senate on or after August 1st are subject to the Act, and can be cancelled by a simple majority vote on both House and Senate.

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u/The_Real_Undertoad 1d ago

CRA applies only to Congress.

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u/khamul7779 1d ago

Trump cannot reverse this on his own. He already tried this with Obama

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u/leeny13red 1d ago

Who is going to stop him?

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u/khamul7779 1d ago

The fact that he literally doesn't have the executive power to undo it.

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u/leeny13red 1d ago

And who is going to hold him to that?

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u/khamul7779 1d ago

You realize that the presidency doesn't just make him a wizard or something.... right?

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u/No_Landscape_897 1d ago

You're missing the point. He's an authoritarian who doesn't care what the rules are. No one is holding him accountable for any of the other shit he did, so who's going to stand up to him about this?

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u/leeny13red 1d ago

Exactly. It doesn't matter what the law/rules say if there is no one willing to stop him from breaking the rules. He has said he wanted to dismantle the Constitution. He has already succeeded with 14.3, and he isn't even in office yet.

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u/NinjaLanternShark 1d ago

Hey look, it's me from 8 years ago.

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u/khamul7779 1d ago

What executive actions did trump successfully overturn by himself?

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u/Gypsies_Tramps_Steve 21h ago

Last time he was surrounded by adults who held him in check. This time he’s surrounded by sycophantic bootlickers.

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u/khamul7779 21h ago

Sure. That doesn't give him magic powers, though.

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u/NinjaLanternShark 16h ago

It's not "executive actions" it's the entire scope of what a president should and should not do. He not only doesn't follow precedent, he's the stupid kid on the playground who if you say "Donny, you're not allowed to eat dirt" he'll start scarfing to down just because.

For example: https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-military-force-greenland-panama-canal/

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u/khamul7779 16h ago

I asked a pretty simple question. Regardless of how much of a power hungry moron he is, it doesn't give him the ability to unilaterally overturn executive actions. That's not how it works.

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u/gwhh 1d ago

Yes.

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u/FrostyAlphaPig 1d ago

And Trump will just undo it with an executive order

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u/Outlulz 1d ago

According to the article the way the law is written it gives the President power to block drilling but not the power to reverse the blocking; that requires Congress to reverse it. But with the courts the way that they are that probably doesn't matter.

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u/FrostyAlphaPig 1d ago

Didn’t the republicans just take majority in congress?

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u/SpatialDispensation 1d ago

Yes but they're generally functionally useless (unless passing tax cuts for the rich, or looking at citizen's dongs) so there's hope.

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u/Standard-Vehicle-557 1d ago

If you think there is an above 0 chance that the Republicans don't all fall in line on drilling, you haven't been paying attention. There is no hope that this doesn't get overturned by congress. Wouldn't surprise me if they do it this week since the dems think it's some big neener neener moment.

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u/FrostyAlphaPig 1d ago

But then again neither side was ever one to follow the law, I mean laws are made by co greed but then presidents come along and make laws with executive orders which is against the constitution but everyone just seems ok with that so 🤷‍♂️

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u/khamul7779 1d ago

This cannot be undone through executive order

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u/MrAudacious817 1d ago

All executive orders can be undone by executive order.

And as per the nullification of Chevron Deference, any government agency can be challenged on any act of this nature not mandated by congress.

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u/khamul7779 1d ago

This is not an executive order.

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u/minionsweb 1d ago

A - trump did it 1st, to begin bin 2022 thru 2023... B - there are 20,000,000 unused leases already in those waters. C - No one has been interested in additional leases in those waters in 40 years.

It's a political theater nothing burger.

Move along

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u/Just_passing-byee 1d ago

Biden banned new leases, they can drill on current leases. No different than the "no new lease" bans that Trump signed.

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u/sps49 1d ago

Why didn’t he do this at the beginning of his term if it’s such a good idea?

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u/BrtFrkwr 1d ago

And why wasn't this done years ago?

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u/Dsible663 1d ago

Because most Presidents weren't senile and valued America's energy independence and not having to rely on oil from countries that hate us.

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u/AeirsWolf74 1d ago

Now, hear me out, what if we found other energy sources other than oil.

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u/NinjaLanternShark 1d ago

Oh what just like go outside and hope energy falls from the sky or blows around back and forth?

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u/AeirsWolf74 1d ago

Sure wind and solar are things, so is nuclear, but we have been wanting to be energy independent since at least the 70s, and yet we still aren't cause we decided that we needed to mine more fossil fuels than finding any other sort of alternative. I don't think solar and wind are the end all be all, but I think they are important steps. Personally I think nuclear has promised, but we are too scared after disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima.

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u/Machine_gun_go_Brrrr 23h ago

Nuclear has alot of fear mongering surrounding it.

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u/No_Landscape_897 1d ago

What energy independence? We've been reliant on foreign oil for decades. We can't even process the oil we drill here because our refineries are almost all set up for the type we get from Saudi Arabia.

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u/Working-Marzipan-914 1d ago

Same stupid wrong story posted over and over. He didn't ban offshore drilling. He banned new leases in many areas. There are plenty of existing leases that can and will be drilled if the economics make sense.

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u/Ilikeyogurts 1d ago

Hopefully, common sense will prevail and the ban will be repealed

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u/Top_Reporter_8531 1d ago

Whatever Joe Biden does with a strike of a pen Trump will undo with a strike of the pin. Executive orders are not laws.

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u/HurtsSoGooditHurts 11h ago

The Republican-controlled House passed the Laken Riley Act (264-159).

The bill mandates that illegal aliens — charged with theft-related crimes — must be detained.

159 democrats voted AGAINST the Laken Riley Act.

Let this be a reminder that Laken Riley was a Georgia college student murdered by an illegal alien.

159 democrats voted AGAINST justice for Laken Riley.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

We should just drill anyways.

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u/blackshagreen 1d ago

Rare good news. Hope it holds. Thanks, Joe Biden.

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u/The_Real_Undertoad 1d ago

Statists hate poor people, for whom energy costs actually matter.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

We need to overturn this biden is not mentally acute.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

Too bad he's too old to have to deal with the consequences.

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u/The_Real_Undertoad 1d ago

That which can be done by Executive fiat can be undone by Excutive fiat.