The ban affects the entire Eastern Seaboard, the Pacific Coast along California, Oregon and Washington, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Northern Bering Sea.

Importantly, the law authorizing this doesn’t authorize the president to reverse the ban. Trump has used it before too.

So reversing this likely means an unusual ruling from the courts, or getting congress to change things. Both possible, but take a lot more effort than simply issuing an executive order.

  • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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    2 days ago

    There is a window, but it requires a vote by both houses of congress. Offshore drilling bans are popular, so there’s a decent chance of peeling off a couple of Republicans and preventing it from passing.