Objections Target Biden's Oil Leasing Plan Amid Climate 'Code Red'
October 02, 2021
October 02, 2021
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (TNSPol) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021:
Conservation groups filed formal objections today to the Biden administration's plans to offer 734,000 acres of public lands for oil and gas leasing amid what the president himself has called a climate "code red." Oil and gas in the proposed leases contain up to 246 million tons of climate pollution, as much as 62 coal-fired power plants emit in one year.
Conservation groups filed formal objections today to the Biden administration's plans to offer 734,000 acres of public lands for oil and gas leasing amid what the president himself has called a climate "code red." Oil and gas in the proposed leases contain up to 246 million tons of climate pollution, as much as 62 coal-fired power plants emit in one year.