Rio Grande Valley Broadband • Entered by Susan Ostlie on September 24, 2021
What’s happening with fossil fuel leasing on public lands?
September 20, 2021
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 1.5 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 1.5 |
Key Issue: Oil, Gas, or Mineral Development
Activity Type: Grant Funded Climate Education & Stewardship Program
Key Partners: Sierra Club
Short Description of Activity
During his campaign, President Biden pledged to take an all-of-government approach to confront the climate crisis. His administration began with an executive order that put a moratorium on all new oil and gas leasing on public lands. However, that order has been met with a court injunction requiring the administration to offer new leases — and they’ve immediately offered up a slew of public lands for new leasing, drastically contradicting their campaign promises.In this webinar, we’ll give you a preview of what the administration might do next, hear stories from folks fighting these leases on the ground, and offer ways we can continue pushing the administration to take bold action on climate change.
Reflection/Evaluation
Good information, but that’s something that will be hard to fit in this fall around the five NM forest plans that need responses this fall. I will probably follow the leads provided by the Sierra club, etc.