Proposal to Lease More Public Waters in Gulf of Mexico Harms Climate, Puts Communities, Wildlife and Businesses at Risk
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management [on Friday] proposed as many as 11 potential offshore leases for oil and gas companies in public waters in the Gulf of Mexico and possibly Alaska for the five-year period from 2023 through 2028. The plan sets forth various options and the outcome will depend upon public comment.
Clouds of smoke and fire emerge during a controlled burn in an effort to clean up oil in the Gulf of Mexico following theManish Bapna, president and CEO of NRDC made the following statement: “Expanding offshore drilling puts more ocean waters, marine life and coastal communities at risk of catastrophic blowouts and ongoing harm. If the administration chooses a plan that expands leasing, it will deepen our dependence on the fuels driving the climate crisis and padding the war chests of belligerent petro states. And it won’t do a thing to ease summer pump prices.
“Oil and gas companies already lease enough of the Gulf to cover half the state of South Carolina. That’s plenty, the industry itself says, to produce for another decade or more. “It’s time to invest in cleaner, smarter ways to power our future — to get more clean energy from the wind and sun, speed the shift to electric vehicles and build a modern, reliable power grid and storage system. That’s the way to cut costs for our families, strengthen the economy and make our country more secure.”on its Draft Proposed Program.
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