President Trump Takes Bold Move to Undo Biden’s Last-Minute Ban On Offshore Drilling

Drill, baby, drill!

In a bold move, President Trump reversed Joe Biden’s last-minute ban on future offshore drilling by directing Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to open up 625 million acres of territory.

Check it out:

🚨BREAKING: President Trump and Doug Burgum announce they are opening 625 million acres of offshore territory for drilling, reversing Biden’s last-minute ban before he left office.
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— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 14, 2025

Trump just opened up 625 million acres of offshore drilling.

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— Texas Patriot (@Texasbrn) February 14, 2025

Shortly before leaving office, Joe Biden signed an executive order to ban new oil and gas leases in these expansive 625 million acres of territory, which included the entire East Coast and a significant area of the West Coast.

Per The White Case:

On January 6, 2025, President Biden invoked Section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to take an executive action prohibiting new oil and gas leases in vast offshore areas. President Biden cited the environmental and economic risks associated with offshore drilling, particularly the threat to coastal communities, marine ecosystems, and local economies reliant on fishing, tourism, and recreation. This action builds on previous withdrawals, including prior protection of portions of the Northern Bering Sea and the Beaufort Sea in the U.S. Arctic Ocean.

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Scope of the Drilling Ban:

The ban covers more than 625 million acres, representing the largest withdrawal in U.S. history. The affected areas include:

• The entire U.S. East Coast, from Canada to the southern tip of Florida, and the eastern Gulf of Mexico, totaling approximately 334 million acres.
• Nearly 250 million acres off the West Coast, encompassing the coastlines of California, Oregon, and Washington.
• An additional 44 million acres in Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea, known as the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area.

But, President Trump has swiftly tossed out that Biden-era order.

In addition to the reversal on Biden’s offshore drilling ban, President Trump established a National Energy Dominance Council to boost our nation’s oil and gas production.

From AP:

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order formally creating a National Energy Dominance Council and directed it to move quickly to drive up already record-setting domestic oil and gas production.

Trump’s administration also announced it has granted conditional export authorization for a huge liquefied natural gas project in Louisiana, the first approval of new LNG exports since former President Joe Biden paused consideration of them a year ago.

And Trump said he has directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to undo Biden’s ban on future offshore oil drilling on the East and West coasts. Biden’s last-minute action last month “viciously took out” more than 625 million acres offshore that could contribute to the nation’s “net worth,” Trump said.

E&E News added:

The council formed Friday by the stroke of a pen was first announced by the president last year, when Trump named Burgum as his nominee to lead Interior. Trump has often praised Burgum’s smarts on energy policy, saying last year that Burgum “probably knows more about energy than anybody I know.”

“Energy security is also national security,” Burgum said in a podcast earlier this week. “President Trump’s vision for energy dominance is that we’re selling energy to our friends and allies, not having them buy it from our adversaries.”

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The U.S. is currently producing more oil and natural gas than any country in history. Much of that is exported. Shortly after taking office, Trump lifted a pause on liquefied natural gas export terminal applications imposed by the Biden administration in a nod to his desire to export more U.S. energy.

President Trump’s focus on energy dominance through boosting domestic oil and gas production will contribute to the prosperity of our nation as a whole.

It should also bring those gas prices back down!

I’m totally for it; how about you?