Biden Reportedly Working to Block Offshore Oil Drilling

January 2, 2025

According to new reports, President Joe Biden is preparing to issue a new order banning additional offshore oil and gas development. Biden will seek to permanently close off areas for drilling in an effort to complicate energy policy for President Trump. 

Bloomberg News reports,

“President Joe Biden is preparing to issue a decree permanently banning new offshore oil and gas development in some US coastal waters, locking in difficult-to-revoke protections for sensitive marine areas during his final weeks in the White House. Biden is set within days to issue the executive order barring the sale of new drilling rights in portions of the country’s outer continental shelf, according to people familiar with the effort who asked not to be named because the decision isn’t public.”

This is a desperate and despicable move by President Biden and one that was done solely to please the eco-left.

“Biden administration officials have been considering the approach for more than two years, though their efforts intensified after Trump’s victory, as the outgoing president sought to enshrine new environmental measures before the end of his term. The fresh offshore protections are in line with similar recent Biden actions to protect areas from industrial mining and energy development, including a formal proposal issued Monday to thwart the sale of new oil, gas and geothermal leases in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains.”

In response, Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director for Power The Future issued the following statement:

“Joe Biden is again attacking American energy like he’s done for the last four years, but today’s action will do nothing but further enshrine failure as the biggest part of his legacy. President Trump should overturn this order on the first day and quickly usher Biden’s green agenda into the dustbin of history.”