'Aggressive executive action is warranted at this point. The Gulf lease-sales must be canceled. New fees on the worst polluters could significantly diminish greenhouse gases. It is also imperative that the fossil fuel industry's tax breaks be revoked.'
In the Gulf of Mexico, still recovering from an estimated 134 million gallons of oil spilled by BP in 2010, the Biden administration has leased record-breaking off-shore drilling rights to 33 gas and oil companies including Exxon-Mobil, BP, Shell, and Chevron.Biden came to the presidency promising swift action on climate change. A year in office, it is critical to see what he has accomplished beyond rejoining the Paris Agreement.
The November sale of leases in the Gulf came on the heels of the Glasgow COP26 negotiations to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. In Glasgow, president Biden acknowledged the gravity of climate change and the international community's need to act quickly:"This is a decisive decade in which we have an opportunity to prove ourselves...if we commit to doing our part of each of our nations with determination and with ambition. That's what COP26 is all about.
In late January 2022, the Biden administration's sale of Gulf gas and oil leases was roundly rejected in court. Federal judge Rudolph Contreras ruled that the Biden administration had acted"arbitrarily and capriciously" in the sale of leases for 80 million acres in the Gulf. He canceled the sales, ruling that the administration had not sufficiently considered the sales' effect on climate change.
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