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Sierra Club Applauds Biden Climate Action on Public Lands, Waters

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Contact: Camilla Feibelman, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter director, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org, 505-715-8388

 

As part of promised swift action on the climate, today the Biden Administration is expected to announce it will pause new oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters, review existing leases and permits, and increase offshore wind renewable-energy development. Taken with the existing 60-day pause on fossil-fuel development, which includes an examination of the federal coal-leasing program, the order makes significant progress in addressing climate emissions from public lands. 

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