Amid a worsening climate crisis, senseless war in Ukraine, and soaring energy prices, some are calling for the Secretary of the Interior to conduct new offshore oil and gas leasing in the next five-year program. But opening up more of our ocean to polluting drilling would have no impact on current prices or production. New offshore leasing doesn’t result in oil supply hitting the market for five or more years, and the fossil fuel industry is already sitting on leases that could produce oil and gas at current levels for a decade. The only thing new leasing would do is lock in fossil fuel infrastructure and climate pollution for decades, even as our planet continues to warm.
Today, we are releasing a new issue brief: The Case Against New Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf. The Secretary of the Interior is empowered under the law to determine what will…
The U.S. Needs Clean Energy, Not More Oil and Gas Leasing
