Center for Biological Diversity: Biden Administration to Lease Out 80 Million Acres in Gulf of Mexico for Oil, Days After Climate Summit
November 17, 2021
November 17, 2021
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2021:
The Interior Department is scheduled to auction off more than 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday for oil and gas leasing, the largest U.S. lease sale ever. The sale comes just days after President Biden pledged at COP26 to reduce climate emissions.
"The Biden administration is lighting the fuse on a massive carbon bomb in the Gulf . . .
The Interior Department is scheduled to auction off more than 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday for oil and gas leasing, the largest U.S. lease sale ever. The sale comes just days after President Biden pledged at COP26 to reduce climate emissions.
"The Biden administration is lighting the fuse on a massive carbon bomb in the Gulf . . .