A new year, a new administration. We are encouraged by the changes that we have seen so far, including Biden’s move to pause new offshore oil leases and the federal legislation, the West Coast Ocean Protection Act, introduced by Senator Feinstein, which would temporarily prohibit any leases off of the Pacific coast. Congressman Huffman also introduced a companion bill in the House. EAC and other NGOs had urged the new administration to take prompt action at the end of last year.