Executive Order 13990

Executive Order 13990, officially titled Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis[1] is an executive order signed by President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021, which implements various environmental policies of his administration including revoking the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline[2] and temporarily prohibiting drilling in the arctic refuge.[3]

Executive Order 13990
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis
Seal of the President of the United States
President Biden signs a series of Executive Orders amongst which was order 13990 shortly after his inauguration on January 20th, 2021.
TypeExecutive order
Executive Order number1099
Signed byJoe Biden on January 20, 2021 (2021-01-20)
Federal Register details
Federal Register document number2021-01765
Publication date20 January 2021
Summary
Implements various environmental policies including the revocation of the permit for the Keystone Pipeline and temporarily prohibits drilling in the artic refuge.

Provisions

The order declares that it is the policy of the Biden Administration to:

follow scientific means to advance Public Health and the Environment;
mandates a review of the actions and policies of all federal agencies taken during the Trump administration to ensure compliance with the administration's environmental policies;
directs a review of the size and location of various federal lands;
places a temporary moratorium on the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program;
requires an accounting of the benefits of reducing climate pollution;
revokes the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline;
re-establish the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases co-chaired by the Council of Economic Advisers Chair, the Office of Management and Budget Director, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy Director;
revokes or reinstates various Executive Orders.

The order was one of fifteen signed during the first day of the Biden administration.[4]

Reactions

Climate experts like Rachel Cleetus and Jonna Hamilton praised the order. [5]

Many politicians from the Republican Party criticized the order.[6]

Litigation

Louisiana v. Biden (2022)

On February 11, 2022, Western Louisiana U.S. District Court Judge James D. Cain Jr. issued a preliminary injunction in Louisiana v. Biden (2022) in favor of the plaintiffs to block federal agency requirements to assess the social costs of greenhouse gas emissions in regulatory actions under the order.[7] On March 16, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the decision following an appeal by the U.S. Justice Department,[8] and on May 26, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order without comment or opposition dismissing an appeal filed by the plaintiffs to vacate the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision.[9][10][11]

Missouri v. Biden (2022)

On August 31, 2021, Eastern Missouri U.S. District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig issued an order dismissing a request filed by the plaintiffs in Missouri v. Biden (2022) for a preliminary injunction to block federal agency requirements to assess the social costs of greenhouse gas emissions in regulatory actions under the order.[12] On September 3, the plaintiffs filed an appeal with the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.[13] Oral arguments were held on June 16, 2022.[14][15]

See also

References
  1. "Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis". Federal Register. 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  2. "Keystone XL pipeline halted as Biden revokes permit". AP NEWS. 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  3. "Biden plans temporary halt of oil activity in Arctic refuge". AP NEWS. 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  4. "Biden signs executive actions on COVID, climate change, immigration and more". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  5. "Consequential Biden Actions Nobody Is Talking About". EcoWatch. 25 January 2021.
  6. Davenport, Coral (2015-01-08). "Experts Say That Battle on Keystone Pipeline Is Over Politics, Not Facts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  7. Joselow, Maxine (February 22, 2022). "Court ruling on social cost of carbon upends Biden's climate plans". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  8. Phillips, Anna (March 16, 2022). "Appellate court rules Biden can consider climate damage in policymaking". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  9. Williams, Pete (May 26, 2022). "Supreme Court won't block Biden rule on societal cost of greenhouse gases". CNBC. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  10. Liptak, Adam (May 26, 2022). "Supreme Court Allows Greenhouse Gas Cost Estimates". The New York Times. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  11. Barnes, Robert; Phillips, Anna (May 26, 2022). "Supreme Court allows Biden climate regulations while fight continues". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  12. Frazin, Rachel (August 31, 2021). "Judge rebuffs red states' challenge to Biden's 'social costs' of greenhouse gases". The Hill. Nexstar Media Group. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  13. Malo, Sebastien (September 3, 2021). "Rep. AGs appeal social costs of greenhouse gas lawsuit". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  14. Earls, Maya (June 16, 2022). "States' Carbon Costs Dispute Sees Eighth Circuit Skepticism". Bloomberg Law. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  15. Davenport, Coral (June 19, 2022). "Republican Drive to Tilt Courts Against Climate Action Reaches a Crucial Moment". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
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