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Offshore Oil and Gas and the Biden Administration

Ocean Conservancy

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. According to an assessment by the Center for American Progress , the Gulf of Mexico lease sale could eventually result in the emission of more than 700 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. So, we’ll have to wait to see whether the offshore oil and gas leasing bans become law.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

Law Columbia

The law would mesh with corporate climate disclosure regulations elsewhere, particularly in Europe, and would therefore represent a significant step toward assuring the accuracy, trustworthiness, and transparency of corporate climate performance reporting. 4] The new corporate climate disclosure bills may well continue that tradition.

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Did Biden have to approve the Willow oil project?

Legal Planet

That approval came a day after the administration said it would bar drilling in some other areas of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean. Partly, this decision illustrates the limits of our environmental laws. The goal of those laws is substantive: to protect the environment. How does this approval relate to U.S.