President Donald Trump in an executive order on Monday revoked a ban imposed by former Democratic President Joe Biden on new offshore oil and gas development along most of the country's coastlines. Trump is certain to face legal challenges over his authority to do so.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday rescinding former President Joe Biden’s policy pausing permitting of new gas export facilities. The move is mostly symbolic, but signals that — as expected — the new administration plans to reject the findings of recently released federal research warning that ramping up overseas sales risked raising prices for Americans.

US President Donald Trump revoked offshore oil and gas leasing bans that effectively blocked drilling in most US coastal waters as he made sweeping moves his first hours in office to unleash American energy development.

Biden's move had been considered mostly symbolic, as it would not impact areas where oil and gas development was currently underway, and mainly covered zones where drillers had no