Friday, January 29, 2021
Biden’s new climate executive orders pause oil and gas leasing — Quartz
...One of the most important of Biden's orders places an indefinite moratorium on issuing new leases for oil and gas drilling on federal land and water, and launches "a rigorous review of all existing leasing and permitting practices." While the directive will do nothing to change emissions in the short term, it's a chance to fix the fact that federal oil and gas leasing is a notorious ripoff for US taxpayers and an unnecessary giveaway to oil companies...
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