Obama Adds to climate, clean energy legacy, with ban on future oil leases in Arctic, Atlantic He may be in the waning days of his presidency, but on Tuesday President Barack Obama took steps to ensure his legacy as a climate-concerned, renewable energy promoting world leader by banning the issuance of future oil development leases in the majority of federally-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain parts of the Atlantic Ocean. | Triodos Bank completed 57 clean energy deals in 2015 Sustainable bank Triodos Bank has topped Clean Energy Pipeline’s ‘Renewables Infrastructure Investment in Europe 2016’ report for the number of deals completed over 2015. |