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'We just got to do it': Biden halts new oil drilling and boosts offshore wind with executive orders

US President also announces aim to end fossil subsidies in raft of orders designed to make climate change 'essential element' of foreign policy and national security

US President Joe Biden sits in the Oval Office as he signs a series of orders at the White House in Washington, DC, after being sworn in at the US Capitol on January 20, 2021.
US President Joe Biden sits in the Oval Office as he signs a series of orders at the White House in Washington, DC, after being sworn in at the US Capitol on January 20, 2021.Foto: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images/NTB scanpix
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Published 28 January 2021, 17:53Updated 1 February 2021, 17:55