Our movement just won a BIG, big victory, John.
Last week, a court invalidated Biden’s 80-million-acre lease sale for oil drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico – ruling that his administration must consider the climate impacts of oil drilling.1
This would have been the single largest sale of fossil fuel permits on public lands in US history – and now it’s nullified because of its impact on the climate.
This win is a testament to all of our hard work as a movement, especially frontline, Indigenous, Black, communities of color, grassroots fossil fuel fighters in the Gulf and beyond leading the way – and you, John.
But our fight isn’t over yet. We need to keep the pressure on Biden and the Department of the Interior to accept the judge’s ruling, not appeal, and stop new leasing on public lands for good.
Here’s how you can take action:
2. Call the Department of Interior at 866-834-8040 and demand that Secretary Deb Haaland accept the ruling and not appeal the decision. We’ve included a script for you to follow, but you can also share a message in your own words.
On the world stage at the UN climate summit, COP 26, the Biden Administration talked about getting to net-zero emissions. Then just days after, his Administration auctioned off swaths of ocean twice the size of Florida to oil and gas companies for as low as $25 per acre.
It’s up to us to hold the Biden administration accountable to its climate promises and demand that Biden take every action in his power to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
While the judge’s ruling is a huge step in the right direction, it doesn’t guarantee that this sale won’t happen.
John, we need the Biden Administration and the Department of the Interior to hear our demands loud and clear. Call or tweet (or both!) the White House and Secretary Deb Haaland to demand they abide by the court’s decision and cancel the sale.
Let’s give President Biden and Secretary Haaland a resounding call to action.
- Team 350
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