The Latest On: Oceans
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.”
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."
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.”
Biden Administration Invites Climate Catastrophe with Oil and Gas Lease Sale
Despite Environmental Commitments Made at COP, Biden Administration Offers Over 80 Million Acres of Gulf of Mexico for Oil, Gas Drilling
How a Proposed Update to the Nation’s Fisheries Law Will Keep Our Oceans Healthy
Days After Climate Summit, Biden To Hold ‘Carbon Bomb’ Gulf Oil Sale
Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans: “When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. We’re in a fossil fuel leasing hole, so the first thing to do is stop new leasing.”
How The Magnuson-Stevens Act Shaped Hawaii’s Fishing Industry
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.”