Western Environmental Law Center: Objections Target President Biden Oil Leasing Plan Amid Climate 'Code Red'
October 02, 2021
October 02, 2021
EUGENE, Oregon, Oct. 2 -- The Western Environmental Law Center 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.< . . .