'The oil and gas industry has lit a fuse on the Permian Basin carbon bomb that threatens to blow up any hope of a livable future,' said greenpeaceusa campaigner John Noel. Biden and AMLO must end 'the exploitation and destruction of our communities.'
"The oil and gas industry has lit a fuse on the Permian Basin carbon bomb that threatens to blow up any hope of a livable future," John Noel, senior climate campaigner at Greenpeace USA, said Tuesday."Theto address the climate crisis already exists. It's time for Presidents Biden and López Obrador to commit to ending the exploitation and destruction of our communities at the hands of the oil and gas industry.
"From drought and record heatwaves to stronger, more frequent storms and flooding, we are living in a climate emergency," Noel added."Last year, President Biden. It's time for him to make good on those words by kickstarting a fossil fuel phaseout and declaring a climate emergency." Greenpeace's intervention came as Biden and López Obrador prepared to engage in bilateral talks as part of the so-called"Tres Amigos" summit in Mexico City, which also features Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.the continent's heads of government to cooperate on mitigating the climate crisis, ensuring the just treatment of migrants, and reducing gun violence.
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