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A coalition of more than 400 environmental organizations and individuals planned to formally ask the Obama administration to stop new federal fossil fuel leasing on public lands and oceans in the U.S.
“Federal leasing of publicly owned fossil fuels contributes significantly to US and global greenhouse gas emissions,” the environmentalists said in a Sept. 15 letter to US President Barack Obama…
“Over the past decade, the burning of fossil fuels from federal leasing has resulted in nearly a quarter of all US energy-related emissions and nearly 4% of global emissions,” they said. “Despite this pollution and the looming climate threat, your administration continues to lease publicly owned fossil fuels, endangering the health and welfare of communities and the planet.”
Their call came a day after the Western Energy Alliance, a Denver-based organization of independent oil and gas producers, issued the Fossil Fuel Free Energy Challenge. It invites individuals to try living without fossil fuels Sept. 28-Oct. 4, and share their experiences through social networks.
“If people are serious about it, they’ll take the challenge and realize how much this country depends on fossil fuels and needs to continue using them wisely.”
[the idea came] after hundreds of people in kayaks and canoes in the Pacific Northwest protested fossil fuels. “Every single one of those boats was made from fossil fuels,” he said. “It seemed hypocritical for people on them to be tweeting from smart phones made from fossil fuels about how unnecessary fossil fuels are. It struck me as the height of hypocrisy.”
Excerpts from the article:
A coalition of more than 400 environmental organizations and individuals planned to formally ask the Obama administration to stop new federal fossil fuel leasing on public lands and oceans in the U.S.
“Federal leasing of publicly owned fossil fuels contributes significantly to US and global greenhouse gas emissions,” the environmentalists said in a Sept. 15 letter to US President Barack Obama…
“Over the past decade, the burning of fossil fuels from federal leasing has resulted in nearly a quarter of all US energy-related emissions and nearly 4% of global emissions,” they said. “Despite this pollution and the looming climate threat, your administration continues to lease publicly owned fossil fuels, endangering the health and welfare of communities and the planet.”
Their call came a day after the Western Energy Alliance, a Denver-based organization of independent oil and gas producers, issued the Fossil Fuel Free Energy Challenge. It invites individuals to try living without fossil fuels Sept. 28-Oct. 4, and share their experiences through social networks.
“If people are serious about it, they’ll take the challenge and realize how much this country depends on fossil fuels and needs to continue using them wisely.”
[the idea came] after hundreds of people in kayaks and canoes in the Pacific Northwest protested fossil fuels. “Every single one of those boats was made from fossil fuels,” he said. “It seemed hypocritical for people on them to be tweeting from smart phones made from fossil fuels about how unnecessary fossil fuels are. It struck me as the height of hypocrisy.”
