Legacy Push

Environmentalists and the US military both welcomed the Obama administration’s cancellation of anticipated oil drilling permits for parts of the Atlantic Ocean. Plans for the energy resource expansion had been in place for a year before the reversal.

Announced Tuesday, President Barack Obama’s about-face plays into the narrative that his focus is on his legacy during the last year in the White House, but the move also comes after a substantial build-up in the opposition to further oil and natural gas exploration.

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Similar to Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline in November, this move came after an extended period of opposition lobbying from environmentally-minded constituents. However, other parts of the president’s oil drilling plan remain in place, including 10 leases for oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and three leases to be sold for exploration in the Alaskan Arctic.

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Unsurprisingly, the oil and gas industry had no kind words to say about the White House’s reversal.

  RT

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.