Our outgoing commie president got together with the new commie prime minister of Canuckistan and joined an agreement to ban arctic drilling – a move that cannot be revoked by Trump.
A ban on drilling in Arctic waters helps protect the planet we share. Proud to take this step with @JustinTrudeau & the Arctic communities. https://t.co/4Ry1goEakF
— President Obama (@POTUS) December 20, 2016
Today, we join the US in announcing measures to ensure a strong, sustainable & viable Arctic economy and ecosystem: https://t.co/TC7Y5PRIBq
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) December 20, 2016
Commies.
Watch below:
From Time magazine:
The move—billed as an effort to conserve important marine species and protect against oil spills—represents a last-ditch measure by Obama to strengthen his environmental legacy in advance of President-elect Donald Trump taking office in January. Trump has promised to boost the oil and gas industry by “scrapping” many Obama-era environmental regulations.
The White House maneuver relies on a little-used 1953 law that gives the President authority to block indefinitely oil and gas drilling in some waters controlled by the U.S. federal government. The move may be impossible to undo—at least in the short term. The law does not include a provision for a future president to undo the decision and no president has ever tried such a move. But energy interests could challenge that in courts or a Republican-dominated Congress could revise the original law.
Oh well. Is that such a terrible thing? There seems to be a ton of oil right under our feet in the continental United States. And if there’s an oil shortage, then badda-bing, we retroactively strip all of Obama’s acts of any power and drill, baby DRILL!! Easy peasy!!