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For Immediate Release
June 15, 2022
Contact: [email protected], 301-613-4767

BIDEN’S CALL TO INCREASE OIL REFINING SACRIFICES FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES -
WE MUST KEEP FOSSIL FUELS IN THE GROUND!

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JUNE 15, 2022 - Biden’s latest move to address inflation and overall
economic hardship by asking the CEOs of fossil fuel companies to increase
production will not solve this current crisis. Instead it will sacrifice
more black and brown communities and all those living on the fence lines of
refineries, who continue to bear the brunt of the climate crisis.

Instead of calling out oil and gas giants for their greed and in the same
breath asking them to produce more, Biden should call on the fossil fuel
industry to stabilize prices. The biggest oil companies posted profits
totaling $75 billion last year - they can stabilize prices now without
ramping up refineries that would hurt already impacted frontline
communities.

If the White House wants to truly fix the climate crisis and demonstrate
its commitment to Black, Brown and other low-income communities, he should
declare a climate emergency and immediately invest in safe, clean, and
local Just Transitions to wind, solar and other community developed
renewables.

This was a missed opportunity for Biden to reign in corporate greed and
show his solidarity with those on the frontlines of the interlinked
economic and climate crises. With record temperatures slated to hit much of
the country this week amidst raging wildfires and floods, increased dirty
energy production is unacceptable and will only sacrifice more lives. We
must keep fossil fuels in the ground.

TOGETHER WITH 1,140 ORGANIZATIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR, CJA ISSUED A LETTER
[3] CALLING ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO USE HIS EXECUTIVE POWERS TO IMMEDIATELY
1) BAN ALL NEW OIL AND GAS CONTRACTS ON FEDERAL AREAS, 2) STOP APPROVING
FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS, AND 3) DECLARE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY UNDER THE NATIONAL
EMERGENCIES ACT THAT WILL UNLOCK SPECIAL POWERS TO FAST TRACK RENEWABLE
PROJECTS THAT WILL BENEFIT US ALL. 

WE STAND FIRM ON THESE DEMANDS AND ENCOURAGE BIDEN TO STAND TRUE TO HIS
COMMITMENTS TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND BUILD A TRULY SAFE, CLEAN AND JUST
FUTURE FOR US ALL.

                                               
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_Climate Justice Alliance is a member-led organization of 84 urban and
rural frontline communities, organizations and support networks in the
climate justice movement. We work to build real solutions to the climate
crisis through building local, living, regenerative economies while pushing
back against false promises from corporate controlled interests._

Climate Justice Alliance

PO BOX 10202
Berkeley, CA 94709
United States


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