Scientists Call for End to Coal Leasing on Public Lands

Inside Climate News: Sixty-seven scientists urged the end of "coal leasing, extraction and burning" on public land in a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior on Wednesday, calling it essential to averting the most catastrophic impacts of climate change.

The scientists argued that the United States cannot meet its pledge to help reduce worldwide emissions enough to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius if it continues to produce coal on federally owned land.

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