Biden expected to issue sweeping moratorium on new oil drilling on public lands
President Biden speaks to reporters at the White House on Monday.
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President Biden is set to announce a wide-ranging moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on U.S. lands as his administration moves quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment and address climate change.
Two people with knowledge of Biden’s plans, speaking to the Associated Press, outlined the proposed moratorium, which will be announced Wednesday. They asked not to be identified because the plan has not been made been public and some details remain in flux.
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My tribe holds a funeral every week for people killed by fossil fuels. This isn’t progress – it’s environmental genocide Casey Camp Horinek © Provided by The Independent
As a member of the Ponca Nation, my family’s journey from our homelands to what would become Oklahoma took place in 1877. My grandfather was eight years old when he was walked at the point of a bayonet from South Dakota with his parents and grandparents. Hundreds of tribes were forced to walk along many “Trails of Tears” nationwide.
Millions did not survive the journey, but the devastation of spirit and culture remains part of our genetic memory. So too, does our ancestral knowledge of living in balance with the Earth and philosophy of caring for the next seven generations to come.