Alan Lowenthal: “I hope, while you are looking at it, you look at a proposal that I put forth in H.R. 3001, which establishes a…”

The November Gulf of Mexico lease sale... demonstrates that the Biden administration has not yet found the political courage necessary to confront the realities of climate change.

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.

We are also concerned that the administration has not been forthcoming with the public about its reasons for moving forward with Lease Sale 257.

the Biden administration has set goals for the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent by 2030 and to reach net-zero emissions no later than 2050.