To: President Donald Trump
No new offshore oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana Bucket Brigade
The pending lease sale of nearly 24 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas drilling will put Gulf residents, the environment, and the fight to battle climate change at serious risk. Stop the sale of offshore oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico immediately
Why is this important?
The recent flooding in Louisiana is the country’s ‘worst natural disaster’ since Superstorm Sandy.
Yet, in a disastrous move that will put millions of Gulf state residents at risk and threaten the fight to combat climate change even further, the Obama administration is planning to auction to the highest bidder nearly 24 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil and natural gas exploration and drilling.
The Obama administration calls this lease sale part of its “continued commitment to safe and responsible domestic energy production,” but there's nothing safe or responsible about opening an additional 23.8 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling.
These leases will go up for sale on August 24, so we need to act now to stop any further drilling in the Gulf of Mexico once and for all.
Yet, in a disastrous move that will put millions of Gulf state residents at risk and threaten the fight to combat climate change even further, the Obama administration is planning to auction to the highest bidder nearly 24 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil and natural gas exploration and drilling.
The Obama administration calls this lease sale part of its “continued commitment to safe and responsible domestic energy production,” but there's nothing safe or responsible about opening an additional 23.8 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling.
These leases will go up for sale on August 24, so we need to act now to stop any further drilling in the Gulf of Mexico once and for all.