Despite lofty promises on environmental goals, President Biden has outpaced even in issuing new drilling permits on public land. Biden in his first week in office had issued an executive order halting new leases for oil and gas drilling. But that order was struck down by U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in , and the administration has said its hands were tied and it had to continue issuing the leases. Biden issued 3,557 permits for oil and gas drilling in his first year in office, 900 more than Trump in his first year, according to federal data the Center for Biological Diversity.
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