Alan Lowenthal: “The Subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on the impacts of oil and gas development on air quality and sacred…”

I personally remain cautiously optimistic, but I also still believe that transitioning away from fossil fuel is the most effective strategy for saving the planet for our children and for our grandchildren.

There were applications for over $1.3 billion in Federal funds, while we only gave out a total of $239 million.

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.

As such, building even one new oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico will deepen the climate crisis, disproportionately imperiling low-income communities and communities of color in the process.