500 Groups Urge Biden to Order Fossil Fuel Leasing Ban
For Immediate Release, December 15, 2020 Contact: 500 Groups Urge Biden to Order Fossil Fuel Leasing Ban Proposed Executive Order Could Be Implemented Immediately by New Interior Secretary WASHINGTON— Hundreds of conservation, Native American, religious and business groups today sent President-elect Joe Biden text for a proposed executive order to ban new fossil fuel leasing and permitting on federal public lands and waters. Biden promised during the campaign that he would stop new leasing and permitting activities on his first day in office. The executive order hig...
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