Stated position
Enact the Keep It in the Ground Act to end all new federal leases for oil, gas, and coal extraction on public lands and waters.
Stated position. What this official has said they believe on this issue — a sourced claim, shown distinctly from any assessment of what they did. It is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
Derived from a tracked promise: “Enact the Keep It in the Ground Act to end all new federal leases for oil, gas, and coal extraction on public lands and waters.”
Sources
- Office of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (merkley.senate.gov)https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-introduces-major-new-legislation-to-stop-new-fossil-fuel-leases-on-federal-lands/ ↗
“A major contribution to this challenge would be stopping new fossil fuel leases on our public lands that lock in oil, gas and coal extraction for decades into the future.”