In sweeping actions on climate, Biden to ‘pause’ oil and gas leasing
Story Date: 1/28/2021

 

Source: Lisa Friedman, MSN, 1/27/21

 
President Biden on Wednesday will sign a package of executive orders elevating climate change at every level of the federal government, a move that the administration says will put the United States on the path to reducing its share of emissions that are warming the planet. Taking the first significant steps toward one of Mr. Biden’s most controversial campaign promises, the orders will direct the secretary of the Interior Department “to pause on entering into new oil and natural gas leases on public lands and offshore waters...

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