text: While on the campaign trail, President Biden pledged to "ban new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters." Now, it's up to us to urge President Biden to turn this commitment into reality.
  Tell President Biden: Slow climate change and protect our special places by permanently banning fossil fuel extraction on public lands.
  Subject: Support a permanent ban on onshore drilling on public lands
  Your Letter:
  Dear President Biden, I'd like to thank you for instating a moratorium on fossil fuel leasing on public lands, and urge you to take further action to protect our environment and climate by turning this halt into a permanent ban. Doing so is critical to slowing climate change, by staving off the greenhouse gas emissions associated with development, and safeguarding our nation's special places for future generations. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, approximately 25 percent of the United States' carbon dioxide emissions between 2005 and 2014 came from fossil fuel extraction on public lands. Mining, drilling and transporting fuel on federal lands also released dangerous methane and nitrous oxide into the atmosphere. Further, oil and gas leasing has increasingly threatened some of our nation's most special places, including the Everglades, Grand Canyon, Chaco Canyon and Rocky Mountain National Park. The best way to prevent further damage to our climate and our iconic places is to permanently ban oil and gas leasing on public lands.