December 23, 2021
| Press Release: Victory
The Latest On: Federal Fossil Fuels
December 16, 2021
| In the News: Grist
‘It doesn’t have to be this way’: Lessons from the slow death of Louisiana’s oil industry
Drew Caputo, Vice President of Litigation, Earthjustice: “The scientists are not just saying clearly – but waving their arms frantically – that the time to begin to move seriously to winding down fossil fuel development is now. That it will be more effective and far cheaper to make those changes now than later.”
December 14, 2021
| In the News: Grist
The Biden administration said its drilling-lease spree in the Gulf was court-ordered. It wasn’t.
Drew Caputo, Vice President of Litigation, Earthjustice: “There is just a big gap between the administration’s rhetoric and aspirations on climate and their actual actions. What matters now is not pledges, or desire to do the right thing, but making the right decisions.”
December 13, 2021
| In the News: The Guardian
Revealed: Biden administration was not legally bound to auction gulf drilling rights
Brettny Hardy, Attorney, Oceans Program, Earthjustice: “Interior had a lot of discretion over whether to hold this lease sale and they chose to do it anyway.”
December 8, 2021
| Press Release
Reps. Lowenthal, Grijalva, Huffman File Amicus Brief Opposing Administration’s Gulf Lease Sale
November 29, 2021
| Press Release
White House Report Lays Out Obvious, Overdue Reforms for Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Program
November 17, 2021
| In the News: Boston Globe
Biden administration holds largest oil and gas sale in U.S. history
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.”
November 17, 2021
| In the News: Newsweek
Biden's Failure to Stop Sale of New Mexico-Sized Oil Drilling Plot
Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation, Earthjustice: "The Biden administration has a real possibility to lead on climate, but it must be willing to move away from leasing out our lands and waters, and our future, to the oil and gas industry."
November 17, 2021
| In the News: Associated Press
Companies bid $192 million in 1st Gulf oil sale under Biden
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.”
November 17, 2021
| In the News: CNN
Why the Biden administration is reopening oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico
Brettny Hardy, Attorney, Oceans Program, Earthjustice: "The sale is going to lock in [oil and gas] production for years to come. By that time, we need to be moving away from fossil fuels in order to survive. This lease sale is a really critical juncture and is sending us in the exact opposite direction."