Energy, environment and natural resources

Executive Order 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Made climate policy a government-wide priority, created White House coordinating bodies, directed conservation and environmental-justice initiatives, and paused new oil and gas leasing pending review.

Status: Revoked.

Is Executive Order 14008 still in effect? No. Revoked January 20, 2025; major policies reversed or superseded.

A stylized globe, wind turbines, forests, a coastline and a diplomatic meeting surround government-building motifs.
Climate policy at home and abroad, illustrated symbolically; globe colors are not temperature measurements. EO Explained · site-generated editorial illustration · not documentary evidence.

What does Executive Order 14008 do?

Agencies were assigned climate and resilience plans, Interior a leasing review, and CEQ and OMB environmental-justice implementation work.

Later primary evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: EO 14082 expressly amended this order. EO 14148 expressly revoked this order. EO 14154 expressly revoked this order. Official source 1 · Official source 2 · Official source 3. The cited steps do not establish every downstream effect.

Administration position: The order’s findings and policy rationale were the Biden administration’s positions. This guide distinguishes them from implementation records and judicial rulings.
SignedJanuary 27, 2021
Lead officialsClimate Policy Office, EPA, Interior, State, OMB and all agencies
Express timingMultiple 30- to 120-day plans and ongoing action

Before and after

Before the order

Climate, leasing, procurement and environmental-justice work proceeded under separate agency authorities without this government-wide structure.

After the order

Agencies issued climate plans, leasing decisions and Justice40 guidance; several actions were litigated. EO 14148 revoked the order and EO 14154 directed contrary energy policy.

EO 14082 expressly amended this order.

EO 14154 expressly revoked this order.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
AgenciesPrepare climate action and resilience plansStaged deadlines
InteriorReview federal oil and gas leasingPause/review
CEQ and OMBDevelop Justice40 implementation120 days / ongoing

What happened next

EO 14008 signed.

EO 14148 revoked EO 14008.

Later primary evidence reviewed: EO 14082 expressly amended this order. EO 14148 expressly revoked this order. EO 14154 expressly revoked this order.