Scientists ssteingraber1, ClimateHuman, mzjacobson, MichaelEMann, and howarth_cornell are leading a new open letter urging U.S. President Joe Biden to rally the world around 'a rapid transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.'
"Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently said 'we are on war footing' in calling for increased oil and gas production," the scientists' letter states, referencing the U.S. official'sat a Houston conference earlier this month."This is backwards thinking. Instead of fossil fuels, we must apply that level of urgency to building a renewable energy economy."
"Rather than working to increase oil and gas production," the letter adds,"we urge you to use your executive authority to redirect these massive investments, mobilize the country, and rally the global community around a program of energy security through a rapid transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy."
Recalling that when Biden ran for president, he pledged to listen to science, the five experts wrote that"as scientists who look at data every day, we implore you to keep this promise and listen to what the scientific community is saying about fossil fuels and the climate crisis.
The letter warns that"these problems will only accelerate as we continue our reliance on fossil fuels. And, this is on top of the significant health and environmental justice impacts that power plants, export facilities, and other fossil fuel infrastructure have on neighboring communities." "The United States, Europe, and the rest of the world desperately need energy independence," the document declares,"but allowing more drilling and fracking, approving more pipelines, and expanding export facilities not only fail to address short-term energy needs, they lock us into decades of reliance on fossil fuels and ensure runaway climate chaos for the long run."
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