'President Biden says that climate change is an existential threat,' said one campaigner. 'Unfortunately, this decision is yet another sign that his administration is not willing to take actions that would match that rhetoric.'
"The only way to avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis is by stopping new fossil fuel projects."
The previous drilling plan expired last year. The new one will include details regarding drilling rights in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. Congress will have 60 days to review the proposal. "The only way to avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis is by stopping new fossil fuel projects. The Biden administration knows this, and yet is making the outlandish and irresponsible decision to increase oil production for decades to come," Wenonah Hauter, executive director of the advocacy group Food & Water Watch—which warned the drilling plan would be a "climate nightmare"—said in a"This decision is yet another reminder that thanks to Sen.
However, the president—who campaigned on a pledge to phase out fossil fuel extraction on public lands and waters—has been criticized for
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