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As President Joe Biden was sworn into office Wednesday, his inauguration signaled a dramatic shift in environmental policy and impacts to the oil and gas industry.
A group of congresspeople urged the incoming administration to enact tougher restrictions on air pollution created by oil and gas production.
The group of 23 Senate Democrats were led by Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico in penning a letter to Biden calling for the restoration of strict regulations on methane emissions from fossil fuel operations following multiple rollbacks of such regulations under former-President Donald Trump.
More: ‘Biden ban’ on federal oil and gas leasing could cost New Mexico, U.S. economies billions
Biden Orders Immediate Confrontation of Climate Crisis
On Jan. 20, President Joe Biden signed an executive order entitled, “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.” It establishes the Biden administration’s commitment to immediately work to confront both the causes and impacts of climate change by implementing policy guided by science. The order rolls back many actions taken by the Trump administration to loosen environmental standards and protections and calls on all federal agency heads to review and “consider suspending, revising, or rescinding the agency actions” that may be inconsistent with Biden’s articulated policy. It also effectively recommits the U.S. to the 2015 Paris Climate Accords, a multilateral treaty designed to reduce carbon emissions and address climate change, which President Trump withdrew the U.S. from in 2017.
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This could impact everything from where you wear a mask to student loan payments.
January 20, 2021 11:42 am
We’re going to go through the highlights of his day 1 expected actions:
There is no time to waste when it comes to tackling the crises we face. That s why today, I am heading to the Oval Office to get right to work delivering bold action and immediate relief for American families.
LAUNCH “100 DAY MASKING CHALLENGE”
President Biden will launch the challenge to get people to wear masks for 100 days, calling it “Their Patriotic Duty”.
The Executive Order will focus on the area he can control – federal places.
President-elect Joe Biden receives the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination on January 11. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON Joe Biden early Wednesday unveiled the list of executive orders, memos and directives he will make when he assumes the presidency later in the day, reversing a slew of Trump administration actions and laying out new policies of his own.
“These actions are bold, begin the work of following through on President-elect Biden’s promises to the American people, and, importantly, fall within the constitutional role for the president,” the transition team said in a statement.
According to the transition team, Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will: