Biden plan likely to allow more offshore drilling, despite his climate vow
“We’re going to be slowing down the progress that we otherwise might be making,” said Brian O’Neill, a chief scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute and a lead author on a U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on impacts and vulnerability.
During his bid for the White House, Biden vowed to ban new oil and gas drilling across federal lands and waters. “No more drilling on federal lands, period,” he said atIn the Senate, there is growing optimism that Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and, who effectively ended negotiations over a previous iteration of a sweeping package, can strike a deal.
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