Full Title: Meeting the Moment: How President Biden Can Align the Federal Fossil Fuel Program to Deliver on Climate and Put People Over Profits
Author(s): Jim Norton, Sara Cawley, Lauren Wollack, Jackson Chiappinelli, Jill Fitzsimmons, Mattea Mrkusic, Lena Moffitt and Claire Wang
Publisher(s): Earthjustice and Evergreen Action
Publication Date: June 30, 2022
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Description (excerpt):
President Biden campaigned and won on the most ambitious climate agenda in our nation’s history. But over a year into President Biden’s first term, the U.S. federal fossil fuel program remains inconsistent with his stated national climate pollution target and the goals of the Paris Agreement. If the federal fossil fuel program continues on its current trajectory, it will be impossible for the Biden administration to meet its climate obligations. After all, the science is resoundingly clear: no new fossil fuel infrastructure can be developed anywhere globally, if we hope to stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.
Beyond exacerbating the climate crisis, the U.S. federal fossil fuel leasing program is irreconcilable with the President’s environmental justice commitments. This paper, co-authored by Earthjustice and Evergreen Action, lays out a policy roadmap for how the Biden administration can align its federal fossil fuel development decisions with the President’s climate and environmental justice commitments.