The Latest On: Oil
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."
November 17, 2021
| Update
Biden Administration Invites Climate Catastrophe with Oil and Gas Lease Sale
November 17, 2021
| Press Release
Despite Environmental Commitments Made at COP, Biden Administration Offers Over 80 Million Acres of Gulf of Mexico for Oil, Gas Drilling
November 15, 2021
| Press Release
Advocates Oppose Petition to Subsidize Fossil Fuels & Undermine Definition of ‘Zero-Emission’
November 13, 2021
| In the News: Huffington Post
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.”