Climate groups said the legislation 'advances a public land giveaway that could lock in at least a century of oil drilling.'
"Enactment of this bill would have dire implications for federal public lands and waters," a coalition of nearly 40 environmental groups wrote in ato members of Congress earlier this week."As written, the bill permits the leasing plan to include as much as 10% of the federal land and water estate—an unconscionable amount—when SPR drawdowns exceed 10% of reserves."
"The federal government presides over roughly 640 million acres onshore and over 2.5 billion acres in the Outer Continental shelf. Ten percent of that is 314 million acres—almost twice the size of Texas and six times the combined size of all U.S. national parks," the letter continued."In other words, this bill advances a public land giveaway that could lock in at least a century of oil drilling in response to an SPR drawdown that is truly a drop in the bucket.
After the groups sent their letter, the House GOP approved an amendment offered by Rep. Lauren Boebert that would authorize a leasing plan that could include up to 15% of federal lands and waters.from Rep. Raúl Grijalva that would have made national parks, national wildlife refuges, and other public lands off-limits for drilling.
"Under this bill, if the president needed to act again to keep prices low, he'd first have to pay off Big Oil by opening up our public lands," Grijalva said in a on Thursday."This bill does not protect the American people, and it certainly does not protect our climate or environment."
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