{"id":2887,"date":"2023-01-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/2887\/u-s-and-mexico-must-defuse-north-americas-largest-carbon-bomb\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T16:45:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:45:57","slug":"u-s-and-mexico-must-defuse-north-americas-largest-carbon-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/u-s-and-mexico-must-defuse-north-americas-largest-carbon-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. and Mexico must defuse North America\u2019s Largest Carbon Bomb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"p4descriptive_paragraph\">MEXICO CITY (January 9, 2023) \u2013 Ahead of President Biden\u2019s meeting with President L\u00f3pez Obrador during the Three Amigos Summit, Greenpeace Mexico and Greenpeace USA called on Presidents Biden and L\u00f3pez Obrador to commit to ending all new oil and gas development in the Permian Basin, increase investments in renewables, and secure a just transition for fossil fuel workers and communities.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large p4featured_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/2fe72088-gp1sw15w_web_size.jpg\" alt=\"ExxonMobil - SABIC Plastics Production Complex in Texas\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ExxonMobil is currently engaged in a joint venture with SABIC (a subsidiary of the Saudi state petroleum and gas company Saudi Aramco) to build an ethylene and polyethylene complex (including what is claimed to be the world&#8217;s largest steam cracker) near Corpus Christi, Texas, due to open in Q4 2021. ExxonMobil has confirmed that the plant&#8217;s location is intended to take advantage of growing output from the nearby Permian Basin, a center of the U.S. fracking boom. Its output will reportedly include packaging materials.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MEXICO CITY (January 9, 2023) \u2013 Ahead of President Biden\u2019s meeting with President L\u00f3pez Obrador during the Three Amigos Summit, Greenpeace Mexico and Greenpeace USA called on Presidents Biden and L\u00f3pez Obrador to commit to ending all new oil and gas development in the Permian Basin, increase investments in renewables, and secure a just transition for fossil fuel workers and communities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/2fe72088-gp1sw15w_web_size.jpg\" alt=\"ExxonMobil - SABIC Plastics Production Complex in Texas\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ExxonMobil is currently engaged in a joint venture with SABIC (a subsidiary of the Saudi state petroleum and gas company Saudi Aramco) to build an ethylene and polyethylene complex (including what is claimed to be the world\u2019s largest steam cracker) near Corpus Christi, Texas, due to open in Q4 2021. ExxonMobil has confirmed that the plant\u2019s location is intended to take advantage of growing output from the nearby Permian Basin, a center of the U.S. fracking boom. Its output will reportedly include packaging materials.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Permian Basin\u2014 located in Texas and New Mexico \u2014 is projected to see most of North America\u2019s expanded oil and gas production. As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permianclimatebomb.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North America\u2019s largest carbon bomb<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, neither the U.S. nor the world can meet its climate goals without its defusal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Gustavo Ampugnani, executive director at Greenpeace Mexico said: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMexico\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/mexico\/noticia\/51530\/mexico-rectifica-y-eleva-sus-compromisos-climaticos-en-la-cop27\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">updated climate goals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can only be attained if both Mexico and the U.S. put an end to exploitation of the Permian Basin. Greenpeace offices in the two countries will campaign on all fronts until Presidents L\u00f3pez Obrador and Biden put their money where their mouths are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The International Energy Agency (IEA) has made it clear that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/net-zero-by-2050\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not one more dollar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be invested in new oil, gas or coal production to avoid the worst effects of the climate crisis by keeping global heating under 1.5\u00b0 C (2.7\u00b0 F). The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) maintains fossil fuels production must <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/resources\/report\/production-gap-2020\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">decrease by 6% per year<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to limit global warming. A livable future means an end to the reckless oil and gas expansion in the Permian Basin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>John Noel, senior climate campaigner at Greenpeace USA, said: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe 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. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.protocol.com\/climate\/ipcc-renewable-technology-wind-solar\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">technology<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to address the climate crisis already exists. It\u2019s time for Presidents Biden and L\u00f3pez Obrador to commit to ending the exploitation and destruction of our communities at the hands of the oil and gas industry.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Noel continued: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFrom drought and record heatwaves to stronger, more frequent storms and flooding, we are living in a climate emergency. Last year, President Biden <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/20\/us\/politics\/biden-climate-emergency.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said that he will treat it as such<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s time for him to make good on those words by kickstarting a fossil fuel phase out and declaring a climate emergency.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As both nations face increased threats from the climate crisis, leaders from the U.S. and Mexico continue to incentivize the fossil fuel industry to ramp up oil and gas production in the Permian Basin and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/news\/approval-of-spot-shortens-the-fuse-on-the-worlds-largest-carbon-bomb\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">greenlight<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> polluting fossil fuel infrastructure projects that will lock us into decades of emissions. From drilling and refining operations in Texas, to pipelines carrying Permian oil and gas through Mexico, the fossil fuel industry jeopardizes the health and safety of communities at each stage of the fossil fuel production process. In 2022, the U.S became a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-01-03\/us-surges-to-top-of-lng-exporter-ranks-on-breakneck-growth\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">top exporter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) and around 70% of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=53499#:~:text=U.S.%20natural%20gas%20exports%20to%20Mexico%20are%20increasing%20at%20the%20West%20Texas%20border&amp;text=Natural%20gas%20pipeline%20exports%20from,our%20most%20recent%20monthly%20data.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mexico\u2019s natural gas supply<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is being met by U.S. pipeline imports. This is not what climate leadership looks like.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">###<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Greenpeace Mexico<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an organization that executes non violent creative actions to condemn the threats against the environment in order to put pressure on companies and governments to create solutions that are essential for a greener and more peaceful future. Learn more at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/mexico\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/mexico\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Greenpeace USA <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is part of a global network of independent campaigning organizations that use peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. Greenpeace USA is committed to transforming the country\u2019s unjust social, environmental, and economic systems from the ground up to address the climate crisis, advance racial justice, and build an economy that puts people first. Learn more at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.greenpeace.org\/usa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Press Contacts:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Greenpeace Mexico:<br \/>\n<\/b>Dana Olgu\u00edn<br \/>\nCommunications and media officer<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+52 1 55 4964 5357 | <\/span><a href=\"mailto:dana.olguin@greenpeace.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dana.olguin@greenpeace.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEXICO CITY (January 9, 2023) \u2013 Ahead of President Biden\u2019s meeting with President L\u00f3pez Obrador during the Three Amigos Summit, Greenpeace Mexico and Greenpeace USA called on Presidents Biden 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