Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON The Congressional Progressive Caucus called on President Biden today to declare a climate emergency, ban federal fossil fuel leasing and extraction, and build distributed renewable energy systems under the Defense Production Act.
The Build Back Fossil Free Coalition made several specific demands of the Biden administration leading up to Tuesday night’s speech. Those include a ban on fracking, the declaration of a climate emergency, a stop to the approval of new fossil fuel projects on the federal level, and a commitment to phase out fossil fuels entirely.
The Biden administration on Tuesday faced pressure from environmentalists to adhere to a judge's decision blocking a massive oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, site of the Deepwater Horizon spill.