Louisiana Attorney General Liz Merrill warned that 'it won't be easy' for Trump to reverse Biden's executive decision to ban offshore oil and gas drilling.
The state of Louisiana is preparing to sue the Biden administration in an attempt to overturn President Biden's 11th-hour ban on new offshore drilling, and more Oil and natural gas development More than 625 million acres of U.S. coastal and coastal waters.
After that The White House Announcing the president's executive action Monday, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Merrill responded in X, calling the move “an attack on America's energy independence” and promising that a lawsuit would be “coming,” “stay tuned.”
President-elect Trump Biden promised to undo the move when he returned to the Oval Office in two weeks, but Biden enforced the ban through the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953 — meaning Trump could be limited in his ability to reverse the move.
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In an interview on Fox Business' “Mornings with Maria” on Tuesday, Murrill acknowledged that Biden's repeal of the ban “isn't easy.”
President Biden speaks during an event with world leaders on September 25, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/Getty Images)
Louisiana's attorney general said, “We've been through this before with the Obama administration, and we've been through this with acres in Alaska, and we know that there will be environmental groups that will try to interfere with these. Sue and block the reversal of this policy. , so we just have to be ready to fight.”
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“I'm confident that President Trump is going to work to reverse this,” Murrill said, “but we can't wait for that to happen. We have to file lawsuits and try to block this action now.”