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Davos, Switzerland, 17 January 2023 – The World Economic Forum, supported by more than 45 partners today launched the Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA), a global initiative to fund and grow new and existing public, private and philanthropic partnerships (PPPPs) to help unlock the $3 trillion of financing needed each year to reach net zero, reverse nature loss and restore biodiversity by 2050.

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Can AI Help Reduce Emissions of Greenhouse Gases?

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Tommy Beaudreau is Co-Chair of WilmerHale’s Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Practice. Mr. Beaudreau focuses his practice on a broad range of areas including conventional and renewable energy and large-scale infrastructure projects; environmental regulatory, litigation and enforcement matters; crisis management and response; and Tribal matters. In addition, Mr. Beaudreau leads internal investigations and responses to government investigations and congressional oversight.

Mr. Beaudreau served in senior leadership roles in the United States Department of the Interior for nearly a decade across two administrations. Most recently, he served at the Deputy Secretary of the Interior after being confirmed by the US Senate in June 2021 by a vote of 88-9, reflecting his strong reputation as a bi-partisan problem solver. In this role, Mr. Beaudreau was point on the most pressing and high-profile matters before the Department, including energy development on public lands and waters, water infrastructure and delivery to address sustained drought in the American west, infrastructure permitting and critical minerals development, implementation of the historic investments through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, and a broad range of priorities relative to Indian Country.

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Positive Signs From the Recent Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale

Last fall the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced a region-wide lease sale scheduled for the spring of 2018 that would be “the largest oil and gas lease sale ever held in the United States,” offering about 77 million acres in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke called the sale a bellwether for offshore development, trumpeting it as “part of our strategy to spur local and regional economic dynamism and job creation and a pillar of President Trump’s plan to make the United States energy dominant” in a press release that included statements from ten members of Congress and two Gulf state governors.

Commentary by Tommy Beaudreau • April 16, 2018
Positive Signs From the Recent Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale

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