The Obama Administration has taken significant steps to combat climate change; but they’ve been negated by unregulated, unprecedented growth in oil and gas production under his presidency. That’s why were teaming up with  local, regional and national allies to deliver a reminder: President Obama still has time to tip the balance in favor of climate stability by ending new fossil fuel leasing on public lands and waters.

The president has continued business as usual. Instead of cancelling offshore lease sales, he has offered a similar amount of offshore acres to Big Oil as Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Before leaving office, President Obama could make a bold move by ending new fossil fuel leasing on public lands and waters, cutting 25 percent of U.S. climate change emissions and jumpstarting the just transition to a clean energy future.¹

President Obama can stop new offshore drilling in the Gulf and Arctic for the next five years, and he can answer a simple question about his environmental legacy: Will he go down has a Climate Champ or a Climate Chump? Click here to tell President Obama protect our communities and our climate, and to end fossil fuel auctions on public lands and waters for good.

The clock is ticking. Tell President Obama to take climate action and end new fossil fuel leasing before he leaves office! 

Over 10 million acres of public lands and over 15 million acres of offshore waters in the Gulf have been turned over for fossil fuel extraction, since President Obama took office.² Potentially worth millions in profit, these leases cost the richest companies as little as $1.50 an acre.³ What do we get? Decades of pollution, oil spills, contaminated water and catastrophic climate change.

President Obama can set policies TODAY that will be difficult for the next president to overturn — so we need to convince him to make the right choice for the climate before he leaves. Click here to tell him he can do his part by ending new fossil fuel leasing today!

Thanks for your support in making this urgent time bound ask,

Sally and the #KeepItInTheGround team at Environmental Action

1. McCauley, Lauren. The New, New Climate Math: 17 Years to Get Off Fossil Fuels, Or Else.CommonDreams. September 22, 2016.
2. Leonard, Annie. President Obama, Here’s How to Cement Your Climate Legacy. EcoWatch. October 14, 2016.
3. Protesters Tell Feds to ‘Keep It in the Ground’ at New Mexico Oil, Gas Lease Sale. Center for Biological Diversity. April 20, 2016.