On the heels of the Glasgow Climate Conference, the Biden administration is preparing to hold an auction for drilling rights that's raised concerns among climate groups.
ABC News Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee discusses the global impact of climate change.for"every nation to do its part" to solve the climate crisis, President Joe Biden's administration is preparing this week to hold an auction for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico over impassioned objections from environmental organizations.
The winning bidder will have the right to build platform rigs up to 231 miles from shore and drill for oil at underwater depths of up to 11,000 feet. Environmental groups say the distance from shore and depth of drilling increases the likelihood of a repeat of the 2010A boat works to collect oil that has leaked from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico, April 28, 2010, near New Orleans.
The administration has appealed the judge's ruling, but agreed to go forward with the leases while the matter works its way through the courts. But environmental advocates argue that the Biden administration has not exhausted its legal “authority and discretion” -- and in fact has several options at its disposal to delay or cancel the bidding.
In a press release announcing their lawsuit, the environmental groups accused the Biden administration of"folding to the oil industry," which has promoted the auction as"welcome news for the American worker and our national security.
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