News Biden prioritizes climate change as national security concern, pauses oil drilling on public lands January 27, 2021 Courtney Subramanian and Ledyard King, USA TODAY Comments Off on Biden prioritizes climate change as national security concern, pauses oil drilling on public lands President Biden is set to issue another raft of executive actions tied to combating climate change, prioritizing science and evidence-based policy federal agencies and pausing oil drilling on public lands.