Oceans

Brettny Hardy, Attorney, Oceans Program, Earthjustice: “The Louisiana order does not mandate that Interior hold this lease sale — it just forbids Interior from implementing a more general ‘pause on leasing. Nor does the order say Interior must hold the sale if doing so would violate other statutes — like the National Environmental Policy Act.”

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation, Earthjustice: “We’re talking about transitioning away from a fossil fuel economy, and they are selling a giant carbon bomb of a lease sale.”

Andrea Treece, Attorney, Oceans Program, Earthjustice: “Certainly, behind the scenes, the CEOs of the car industry are having an influence, but they’re not writing the rules for their own industry.”