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Biden’s oil and gas fire sale w/ Drew Caputo

Sep 17, 2021

Issue: Climate Change, Oil & Gas

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Drew Caputo

Drew Caputo, Vice President of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife & Oceans at Earthjustice joins Aaron, Kate, and Jesse to collectively scratch our heads over how President Biden’s vision for addressing climate change can be so at odds with his administration’s plans to lease 80,000,000 acres in the Gulf of Mexico and 700,000 acres in Colorado and Wyoming to oil and gas companies.

Read more from CWP Executive Director Jennifer Rokala in the Denver Post.

Hosts: Aaron Weiss & Kate Groetzinger
Feedback: podcast@westernpriorities.org
Music: Purple Planet
Photo: BSEE

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