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      11 months ago

      Yes. US law treats the right to drill as a property right once a lease is issued. Makes it tough to actually say no. His administration tried a moratorium, lost in court, and concluded an appeal would not succeed. There are environmentalists who wanted the appeal tried, but didn’t win out on that

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        11 months ago

        There was also Biden buckling to Manchin’s demands which included mandating drilling. Concessions had to make within his own Party.

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          11 months ago

          what exactly was he supposed to do if he didn’t have enough senators to get it passed without Manchin’s support?

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            Eh, I think it is fairly moot as Biden would have to have confidence that progressive policy (especially regarding climate change) has popular support and he would not be blamed (or even hurt) by pushing for their passage.

            Manchin and Biden would almost certainly have stood to benefit from having passed BBB in the first place. Before that they and the Democratic Party would have had a net benefit passing the Green New Deal.

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      Don’t worry, Republicans will only remember the climate measures and seek petty revenge.