Plan phases down oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico; will enable offshore wind program to continue to rapidly grow. Proposed program includes zero oil and gas lease sales in the Atlantic, Pacific and Alaskan waters.
The Biden administration has proposed a rule that would raise the royalties fossil fuel companies spend to pull oil, gas, and coal from public lands. It’s the first time since 1920 that they’ve been made to pay their due.
By Kristina Dahl Last week I had the opportunity to testify at a hearing on “What More Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Leasing Means for Achieving U.S. Climate Targets” held by the House Natural Resource Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. You can watch a recording of the full hearing that includes the … [continued]
By Valerie Cleland In a House Natural Resources Committee hearing this week, committee members focused on the connection between offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. climate goals. This much is clear: continuing ‘business as usual’ offshore oil and gas leasing simply does not put us on a path to meet our climate … [continued]
President Biden suspended new oil and gas leases on federal land and water but U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty (LA) blocked the suspension. The judge also ordered that the delayed plans for lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska be resumed. The ruling came in a lawsuit that … [continued]
The Biden administration suspended oil drilling leases in ANWR. The formal order from Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland, if unsurprising, starts what will likely be a lengthy process to undo one of the Trump administration’s biggest (anti-)environmental actions. Haaland said a preliminary review found “multiple legal deficiencies” in the Trump … [continued]
President Biden’s directive to the Interior Department, on January 27, to pause the sale of new federal oil and gas leases gives us a chance to reconsider and fix our broken system of leasing on public lands and federal waters.
Yesterday a young man named Tim DeChristopher was sentenced to two years in federal prison for impeding the process of granting federal oil leases at nearly two dozen sites in close proximity to Arches and Canyonlands, both pristine and protected areas.
