Policy explainer: what Biden’s executive orders mean for US GoM and what limits future actions
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Report summary
Table of contents
- Executive summary
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New administration, new rules
- Executive orders
- Will Lease Sale 257 go ahead?
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Policy 101: federal regulation and law making
- Principle laws over GoM
- Executive
- Leasing
- Permitting
- Legislative
- Judicial
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Analysis: an update to our four scenarios
- Executive power has limits
- Congress is powerful, but constrained by politics
- Further reading
Tables and charts
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- Pre-election Biden Administration scenarios
- Possible federal actions and limitations
- Chance of successful action
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