IF we are able to stop the sale of all fossil fuels from federal lands it will be a win win for all Americans. Not only will we end the subsidies for big coal, oil and gas on the under market prices they pay for our natural resources from federal lands, it would also be a huge step in decreasing our national carbon footprint. It would also stimulate more research and development of renewable and clean energy sources, in conservation and fuel efficiency, and should lead business and local, state and the federal government to work together upgrade and expand the national power grid. Please sign this petition from +CREDO Mobile (my cell phone company).....
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Petition to President Obama:
"Stopping our federal coal giveaway was an important step — but
it is simply not enough. As long as you continue allowing fracking on
federal lands and opening new waters to offshore oil drilling, we will
fall short of needed climate pollution cuts. It’s time to stop new sales
of *all* fossil fuels on federal lands."
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For decades, our federal coal giveaway has been a national
embarrassment and a significant roadblock to reducing fossil fuel
emissions.1 So President Obama’s announcement last week that he will put a three year moratorium on new sales of publicly owned coal is a huge victory for activists who have been urging him to keep fossil fuels in the ground.2
But the president’s singular focus on coal reflects a major blind spot in his climate policies.
Coal represents less than half of the total potential greenhouse gas emissions on federal lands.2 While tamping down on coal mining, the Obama administration has released rules that allow fracking on federal lands,3 and is moving ahead with a plan to offer up huge new areas of the Atlantic and the Gulf for offshore oil drilling.4
The urgency, and the math, of climate change leaves no time for half
measures — but that’s exactly what turning a blind eye to federal oil
and gas production is. President Obama should make all fossil fuels on
federal lands off limits, not just coal.
Tell President Obama: Stop new sales of all fossil fuels on federal lands. Click here to sign the petition.
Our federal lands are a huge source of global warming pollution.
Nearly 25 percent of all U.S. energy-related emissions come from our
public lands,5 which are entirely under the president’s control.
Coal is the largest single source of those emissions, but it is not the only one. Oil and gas make up 43 percent of climate pollution from public lands.
And the continued promotion of fracking and gas infrastructure carries
additional consequences for the climate, as we are seeing right now with
the massive Porter Ranch gas leak currently continuing in California.
The president has committed to keeping global warming below 2 degrees
celsius and supported even lower targets. To meet it, up to 80 percent
of fossil fuels must stay in the ground. That means the president must
stand up to the oil and gas industry, not just the flagging coal
industry. If he does not, he will be keeping us on a dangerous
trajectory toward catastrophic global warming.
Stopping new sales of all fossil fuels on federal lands would be
the largest action taken by the president to keep fossil fuels in the
ground. Our voices have helped push him this far — let’s keep pushing.
Tell President Obama: Stop new sales of all fossil fuels on federal lands. Click here to sign the petition.
Thank you for fighting fossil fuels.
Elijah Zarlin, Director of Climate Campaigns
CREDO Action from Working Assets
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- "Leasing Coal, Fueling Climate Change," GreenPeace
- "U.S. halts new coal leases on federal land, first review in decades," Reuters, 1/15/16
- "The Potential Greenhouse Gas Emissions of
U.S. Federal Fossil Fuels," Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth
- "Oil Drilling Proposed for Atlantic," US News and World Report, 1/29/15
- "Cutting Greenhouse Gas from Fossil-Fuel Extraction on Federal Lands and Waters," Center for American Progress, 3/19/15
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