Dear friend, Climate scientists warned in a new report that big countries need to adopt rapid and drastic reductions in carbon emissions to prevent more extreme weather and widespread devastation.
But here in the U.S., oil companies are still devouring federal lands with drilling — at a higher rate than when Trump was president.
In his first year, Biden will have authorized more drilling permits on federal lands than Trump did in his first two years in office combined. These new permits, combined with new authorizations for Liquefied Natural Gas almost ensure that the United States will not meet the goals we set in the Paris agreement.
That's why we need to tell President Biden and the Department of the Interior : No drilling on federal land ! Add your name. When Biden was on the campaign trail, he said he would end new oil drilling on federal lands. He did issue an Executive Order pausing new drilling leases — but a judge threw it out.
Now the Biden administration is on track to approve over 6,000 new oil drilling permits (which are different from leases) on federal lands for companies like ExxonMobil and others. That’s more permits than any year since George Bush was president.
For context, Trump never issued more than 4,200 permits in one year.
We can't let Big Oil get what they want and give up on addressing climate change. The new IPCC report makes it clear that we are almost out of time to avoid a catastrophe — but if we stop things like oil drilling on federal land, we may have a chance.
The president has proven to be responsive to public pressure on oil and the climate crisis, and your voice could make a difference. Together, we need to show the president that Americans want a safe future on our planet, not new oil wells. Keep fighting,
Demand Progress.
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