вЂњWe know this will exacerbate the climate crisis, it undermines US credibility abroad and it contradicts a campaign promise by Biden. вЂњThey didnвЂ™t have to hold this sale and they didnвЂ™t have to hold it on this timeline. ItвЂ™s very disappointing,вЂќ said Thomas Meyer, national organizing manager of Food and Water Watch. вЂњThe administration has been misleading on this, to put it mildly. It comes at a time when the International Energy Agency has said no new fossil fuel projects can be established after this year if the world is to avoid catastrophic heatwaves, flooding and other disastrous impacts from runaway climate change. The expanse of the gulf put up for auction contains around 1.12bn barrels of oil and 4.2tn cubic ft of gas, with the leases locking in years вЂ“ and potentially decades вЂ“ of planet-heating emissions. Just a month after arguing that it was not required to hold the sale, however, the department of interiorвЂ™s bureau of ocean energy management (BOEM) announced it would auction off an area of the gulf that is two times the size of Florida to oil and gas companies. The memoвЂ™s language was first referenced by The Daily Poster. The issuance of new drilling permits would require further steps under federal laws, the memo states, adding that вЂњthe courtвЂ™s order does not compel the agency to act in contravention of these other authoritiesвЂќ. вЂњWhile the order enjoins and restrains (the department of) interior from implementing the pause, it does not compel interior to take the actions specified by plaintiffs, let alone on the urgent timeline specified in plaintiffsвЂ™ contempt motion,вЂќ wrote government lawyers to the federal court in Louisiana in August.

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