Alan Lowenthal: “And as you pointed out, does it require your agency to designate the corridor in the travel plan?”

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.

I have no further requests at this time. I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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

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…