In 2022, over 350 climate, conservation, and indigenous groups petitioned the Biden Administration to end all oil and gas extraction on public lands by 2035. When the petition was ignored by the federal government, the groups decided to sue the Department of the Interior, forcing them to confront the risk of climate catastrophe explicitly.
Now, the government has denied the petition, arguing that it doesn't have "sufficient resources" to execute the rule.
But science says that we actually only have until 2031 to phase out all oil and gas extraction in wealthy countries to avoid catastrophic climate change. Why does the Biden Administration keep claiming that climate change is a grave threat and failing to act in any of the ways that are necessary to avert the climate crisis?
Sign now to tell the Biden Administration to start treating the climate crisis like the emergency it is and reconsider this plan!
If we don't act now, the future world could be a scary and dangerous one. Current projections suggest that there will already be as many as 2 billion people globally displaced by 2050 because of climate change. On top of that, we are in the middle of a sixth mass extinction event, and many species on the brink will be lost forever if the temperature continues to change so rapidly.
Now is an opportunity for the Biden Administration to demonstrate its commitment to being a climate champion. Sign the petition now to demand they reconsider this plan immediately!
