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| Dear Friend, |
| This past month, we have celebrated several environmental wins as well as several environmental setbacks. Earthjustice is involved in more than 500 legal matters, each with its own twists and turns, and keeping them going in the right direction is a team effort. That’s why action-taking is so important, and we thank you for speaking up for your values. |
| Some environmental victories we’re excited to share include protecting the Arctic from future fossil fuel development, protecting the Badger-Two Medicine area in Montana from oil and gas development after a four-decade long fight, and a series of wins against fossil fuel companies seeking to build large petrochemical facilities in Louisiana and the Ohio River Valley. |
| Meanwhile, we are disappointed that a court order removed protections for the Gulf of Mexico whale habitat. The government had tried to exclude the whales’ territory from Lease Sale 261, an offshore oil and gas lease sale that is mandated under the Inflation Reduction Act. The court order is a fossil fuel giveaway that endangers the critically endangered species, whose global population is down to about 50 whales. In addition, the Biden administration released their 5-Year Program for offshore oil and gas drilling, proposing to hold three lease sales between now and 2029 in the Gulf of Mexico. The finalized plan reflects a considerably slimmed-down version from the draft plan, which included 11 lease sales. Nevertheless, these sales would lock the U.S. into up to 70 additional years of offshore oil and gas extraction. |
| Our work is not over, and we need you to stay in these fights. Please click here to take all of the actions below on one page. |
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