Biden To BAN Offshore Drilling Before Trump Takes Office!

The Biden administration strikes again.

They’ve proposed a 20-year ban on oil and gas leases in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains.

The reason?

Ecological and recreational value.

I’m sure there’s no other agenda, don’t you?

A two-year leasing pause and public comment period will continue under the Trump administration.

What else will they try to do?

Offshore drilling is also in their crosshairs.

Biden Moves to Permanently Ban Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling in Final Bid to Block Trump’s Energy Agenda: Reporthttps://t.co/FedJT6BXLc pic.twitter.com/pAxKCugNna

— The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) January 2, 2025

He thinks this will work?

President Trump will reverse anything they try.

🚨 BREAKING: President Biden to permanently ban more offshore oil drilling to "lock in difficult-to-revoke" rules before Trump takes office – Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/z6N4BX5jgN

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 2, 2025

Fox News reports:

The Biden administration is attempting to implement last-minute restrictions on oil and gas drilling in the west just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

On Monday, the Department of the Interior announced plans to pursue a 20-year ban on oil and gas leases in 264,000 acres of Nevada’s Ruby Mountains.

The administration submitted an application to withdraw the acreage from any potential leasing, which initiated a two-year ban on new mineral leases in the area during the approval process. The proposal now heads into a 90-day public comment period, which will fall under the Trump administration.

“The Ruby Mountains are an iconic landscape with exceptional recreation opportunities and valuable fish and wildlife habitat worth preserving for the future,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement. “Today’s action honors the voices of Tribal communities and conservation and sportsmen’s groups and marks another important step to protect a treasured landscape.”

The Biden administration’s lease limitation does not put restrictions on mining in the region.

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The “smooth” transition of power continues.

US PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PREPARING TO ISSUE A DECREE PERMANENTLY BANNING NEW OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN SOME US COASTAL WATERS

And you believed Biden when he said he would ensure a smooth transfer of power.#OOTT pic.twitter.com/wl2sVLkPPR

— Seaside Trader (@csidetrader) January 2, 2025

I guess he’s just trying to keep his promise?

And yet he did this in 2023?