In falling behind on its promise to fix Trump-era systemic issues at the Bureau of Land Management, the Biden administration has derailed many of its own climate goals, according to a new report from the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility shared exclusively with The Climate 202.
The report argues that in order for the agency to take ambitious action on climate change and biodiversity loss — such as sunsetting new fossil fuel leases on federal lands — the Biden administration must first address longstanding internal issues such as staff or resource shortages, company culture, and any legal or political shortcomings.