Executive Order 13990
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis | |
Type | Executive order |
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Executive Order number | 1099 |
Signed by | Joe Biden on January 20, 2021 |
Federal Register details | |
Federal Register document number | 2021-01765 |
Publication date | 20 January 2021 |
Summary | |
Implements various environmental policies including the revocation of the permit for the Keystone Pipeline and temporarily prohibits drilling in the artic refuge. |
Executive Order 13990, officially titled Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis[1] is an executive order signed by President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021 which implements various environmental policies of his administration including revoking the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline[2] and temporarily prohibiting drilling in the arctic refuge.[3]
Provisions[]
The order declares that it is the policy of the Biden Administration to:
- follow scientific means to advance Public Health and the Environment;
- mandates a review of the actions and policies of all federal agencies taken during the Trump administration to ensure compliance with the administration's environmental policies;
- directs a review of the size and location of various federal lands;
- places a temporary moratorium on the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program;
- requires an accounting of the benefits of reducing climate pollution;
- revokes the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline;
- revokes or reinstates various Executive Orders.
The order was one of fifteen signed during the first day of the Biden administration.[4]
Reactions[]
Climate experts like and praised the order. [5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis". Federal Register. 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ "Keystone XL pipeline halted as Biden revokes permit". AP NEWS. 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ "Biden plans temporary halt of oil activity in Arctic refuge". AP NEWS. 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ "Biden signs executive actions on COVID, climate change, immigration and more". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ "Consequential Biden Actions Nobody Is Talking About". EcoWatch. 25 January 2021.
External links[]
- The full text of Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis at Wikisource
Categories:
- 2021 in American law
- Executive orders of Joe Biden
- January 2021 events in the United States
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