The Biden administration is offering federal assistance to certain states for the closure of low-producing oil and gas wells. Funding comes from the Inflation Reduction Act’s $350 million program called the Mitigating Emissions from Marginal Conventional Wells.
With a recent announcement protecting swaths of Alaskan land from oil and gas drilling, the Biden administration’s fight against drilling projects on federal land has come to a head.
Environmental justice is still primary leitmotif of Biden Administration environmental policy in 2023. Two recently announced EJ efforts are a grant program for groups in environmentally overburdened communities and guidance on legal resources to address cumulative impacts.
Amid high inflation and the economic suffering of Americans here at home, President Joe Biden and some of his top Cabinet officials recently gathered in Egypt at COP27. It was a ritzy global gathering centered on fighting climate change.