The Biden administration 'should not continue to defend unlawful drilling for oil and gas in public waters,' more than 70 climate groups write in a new letter.
in court, infuriating environmentalists who say the White House is reneging on its commitments and harming the planet.
If the administration had succeeded in selling all 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico that it auctioned off last year, roughly 1.12 billion barrels of oil could have been produced.Earthjustice,"Burning this amount of oil and gas would result in more than 516 million metric tons of greenhouse gases, equivalent to 112 million cars, 130 coal-fired power plants operating for a year, or the carbon sequestered by 632 million acres of forests.
"It will be incumbent on the administration to defend responsible U.S. offshore production and to take the necessary steps, including the development of a new U.S. offshore oil and gas leasing program, to ensure continued leasing and energy production from the U.S.
"We simply cannot continue to make investments in the fossil fuel industry to the peril of our communities and increasingly warming planet," said Brettny Hardy, a senior attorney at Earthjustice."This administration must meet this critical moment and honor the campaign promises President Biden made by stopping offshore leasing once and for all."
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