Biden’s Offshore Drilling Ban Derails Trump’s Plan

Axios: “Unlike executive orders that Trump could overturn with the stroke of a pen, Biden’s actions rely on an open-ended provision in the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.”

“This law governs energy leasing activities for submerged lands under U.S. control that are beyond three miles from shore.”

“A provision in the act allows the president to permanently take parts of the Outer Continental Shelf off the table for leasing activities, without providing a means for another president to undo the action.”