CO2: 415.01 ppmA new report illustrates that President Biden has been slow to reverse Trump's fossil-fuel-friendly agenda.
A long-awaited Department of Interior report on federal oil and gas leasing, tellingly released on Black Friday, is drawing criticism from multiple fronts.
The review recommends an increase in leasing fees and consideration of climate change in leasing decisions, but largely sidesteps climate concerns.
The long-anticipated report did not indicate that the Biden administration would take climate change impact into account when approving new oil and gas leases.
The department recommended higher fees for oil and gas leases, but there was no sign the government planned to take global warming into account when weighing new applications.
A new report calls for the cost of burning fossil fuels to be factored in when the federal government sells permits to extract oil and gas from public lands.