Boiling Point: Obama Wouldn't Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground. But Biden Says He Will

The LA Times' Boiling Point newsletter featured Fellow Brian Prest's work on oil and gas reform on federal lands.

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Date

Dec. 17, 2020

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

LA Times

"The climate benefits could be huge. The Wilderness Society estimates that planet-warming pollution from oil, gas and coal extracted from federal lands is equivalent to between one-fifth and one-fourth of all U.S. carbon emissions.

Oil and gas companies argue that a leasing moratorium would merely shift production overseas. But a recent working paper from the think tank Resources for the Future concluded there would be still large emissions reductions even with some 'leakage.'"

Topics

Industry and Fuels

Related People

Brian C. Prest

Fellow; Director, Social Cost of Carbon Initiative

Brian Prest is an economist and fellow at Resources for the Future specializing in climate change, oil and gas, and energy economics.

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