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Think. Again.

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Reply to Unladen Swallow (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 6, 2025, 07:44 AM

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"But the Lands Act, which allows presidents to withdraw areas from mineral leasing and drilling, does not grant them the legal authority to overturn prior bans, according to a 2019 court ruling. That order came in response to Trump's effort to reverse Arctic and Atlantic Ocean withdrawals made by former President Barack Obama at the end of his presidency."

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