Hi,
Climate scientists warned in a new report this week that big countries
need to adopt rapid and drastic reductions in carbon emissions to prevent
more extreme weather and widespread devastation.^1
But here in the U.S., oil companies are still devouring federal lands with
drilling -- at a higher rate than when Trump was president.
In his first year, Biden will have authorized more drilling permits on
federal lands than Trump did in his first two years in office
combined.^2 These new permits, combined with new authorizations for
Liquefied Natural Gas almost ensure that the United States will not meet
the goals we set in the Paris agreement.^3
[ [link removed] ]That's why we need to tell President Biden and the Department of the
Interior: No drilling on federal land!
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When Biden was on the campaign trail, he said he would end new oil
drilling on federal lands.^4 He did issue an Executive Order pausing new
drilling leases -- but a judge threw it out. Now the Biden administration
is on track to approve over 6,000 new oil drilling permits (which are
different from leases) on federal lands for companies like ExxonMobil and
others.^5 That’s more permits than any year since George Bush was
president.
For context, Trump never issued more than 4,200 permits in one year.
We can't let Big Oil get what they want and give up on addressing climate
change. The new IPCC report makes it clear that we are almost out of time
to avoid a catastrophe -- but if we stop things like oil drilling on
federal land, we may have a chance.
The president has proven to be responsive to public pressure on oil and
the climate crisis, and your voice could make a difference. Together, we
need to show the president that Americans want a safe future on our
planet, not new oil wells.
[ [link removed] ]Tell Biden: Save our planet, stop drilling on federal land!
Thanks for taking action,
Tal and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. The Guardian, "Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible –
IPCC's starkest warning yet," [ [link removed] ]August 9, 2021.
2. Bureau of Land Management, "BLM Oil and Gas Statistics," [ [link removed] ]2021.
3. NPR, "Biden Promised to End New Drilling On Federal Land, But Approvals
Are Up," [ [link removed] ]July 13, 2021.
4. The Washington Post, "Biden vowed to ban new drilling on public lands.
It won't be easy," [ [link removed] ]November 19, 2020.
5. NPR, "Biden Promised to End New Drilling On Federal Land, But Approvals
Are Up," [ [link removed] ]July 13, 2021.
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