In the home stretch, somewhere between their defeat or at least the election of their successor and their inauguration, American presidents sometimes make urgent decisions. So does Joe Biden, with his authorization given to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to send long-range missiles capable of hitting Russia. A few weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House. Overview of the precedents.
Obama: a green finale
Before handing over to Donald Trump in 2016, Barack Obama ended his second term with final attempts to protect the environment in the face of a successor who made no secret of his climate skepticism. He makes two decisions. That of excluding any new request for an oil concession for five years (until 2022) in the Arctic, more precisely in the Chucki and Beaufort seas, and that of establishing the « steam protection rule ». A law aimed at preventing mining companies from contaminating waterways. Decisions on which, obviously, the Trump administration reversed itself at the start of its mandate…
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