Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis | |
Type | Executive order |
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Executive Order number | 13990 |
Signed by | Joe Biden on January 20, 2021 |
Federal Register details | |
Federal Register document number | 2021-01765 |
Publication date | 20 January 2021 |
Summary | |
Implements various environmental policies including the revocation of the permit for the Keystone Pipeline and temporarily prohibits drilling in the arctic refuge. |
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]