Each oil spill started with a lease sale — and all future leases will lock us into a future of climate-warming fossil fuels.

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Dear Friend,

Today, despite promises to halt new oil and gas lease sales on public lands and waters, the Biden administration bowed to industry pressure and offered up 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico for lease to Big Oil.

That’s a huge carbon bomb. The government admits that this lease sale could result in the production of more than a billion barrels of oil over the next 50 years. Generating an enormous amount of greenhouse gases from this lease sale threatens to undermine the climate progress this administration has made to date.

Underregulated oil and gas development has put Gulf Coast communities at risk for decades. This new sale invites more destruction and disasters for communities that are already suffering from rising temperatures, flooding, and pollution.

President Biden has acknowledged that we are facing a “profound climate crisis” and have little time left to pursue bold actions to avoid the most catastrophic impacts. So, are we going to continue on this destructive path, or are we going to pursue the equitable and just transition to clean energy our nation and our planet needs? That’s the choice we face right now, and we need you to join us in urging the Biden administration to reform the federal fossil fuel program and stop future lease sales on public lands.

As communities across Southern California finish cleaning up after an oil spill and the Coast Guard grapples with 300 reported oil spills in the Gulf following Hurricane Ida, the Interior Department is greenlighting projects that expose communities to more pollution and move us farther away from meeting critical emission goals.

Every single one of those oil spills started with a lease sale — and all future leases will lock us into a future of climate-warming fossil fuels.

The Biden administration must move away from oil and gas production to tackle the climate crisis. Will you join us in challenging this reckless investment in dirty energy?

Sincerely,
Drew Caputo
Vice President,
Lands, Wildlife & Oceans

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