Environmental activists are mad at POTUS, saying he broke a campaign pledge to not approve “new oil & gas permitting on public lands & waters' when ConocoPhillips' Willow Project was permitted. Biden 'kept his word where he can by law,' PressSec said.
Environmentalist activists have bristled at President Joe Biden, arguing he broke a campaign pledge to not approve “new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters," but Jean-Pierre insisted Biden"kept his word where he can by law" and stressed that the company had preexisting leasing rights."As the Interior Department said, some of the company's leases are decades old, granted by prior administrations. The company has a legal right to those leases.
A chorus of progressives, such as Sen. Ed Markey , slammed the Biden administration for allowing the project to move forward, citing his past remarks about new oil projects on federal lands. Back in the 2020 election cycle, Biden committed to not greenlighting “new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters."
Jean-Pierre cited a former Clinton administration official that said ConocoPhillips had"lease rights and that can't be ignored." She also argued that Biden has delivered big wins for environmental causes.
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