Alan Lowenthal: “The exclusion of the Pacific coast is consistent with the long-standing interest of Pacific Coast States...”

Burning the oil and gas that the Department of the Interior projected to be developed as a result of Lease Sale 257 would be the equivalent of building 130 new coal-powered plants.

The climate crisis is here, and it poses an existential threat to American life as we know it now.

These targets are certainly reasonable, and they are consistent with what the world has agreed to for climate targets.

To protect the nation from catastrophic climate impacts, and to ensure this administration continues to meet its historic commitments to environmental and racial justice, we urge you to immediately reject the bids or suspend the offshore…