.RepWesterman threatens funding unless Interior 'changes course' on leasing
Westerman, whose committee has jurisdiction over the department, took issue with its implementation of the federal oil and gas leasing program during President Joe Biden's tenure and said he would work with the Appropriations Committee to cut funding to the Interior and its subagencies if they don't hold lease sales more regularly.
A mix of industry groups and Republican-led states filed lawsuits against the leasing pause, and the pause was ultimately tossed after first being enjoined by a federal district court in one of the cases. The Bureau of Land Management, which handles onshore leasing for the Interior, held its first series of lease sales under Biden in June 2022 and cited the ruling. The lease sales shrank the total acreage offered compared to what had been proposed.
More than 300 environmental and other nongovernmental organizations sent a letter to the Interior Department on Wednesday expressing disappointment that it hasn't done more to blunt oil and gas development on federal lands.the Interior to approve no new offshore lease sales and to begin phasing out oil and gas production on federal lands.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
U.S. House Republicans vote to go after Biden Justice DepartmentRepublicans controlling the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to launch an investigation into what they term President Joe Biden's weaponization of the federal government, but Democrats branded it a partisan fishing expedition.
Weiterlesen »
U.S. Interior Department names Elizabeth Klein to oversee offshore energyThe U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday named Elizabeth Klein, a lawyer who worked in the Obama and Clinton administrations, to head the bureau that oversees offshore oil, gas and wind development.
Weiterlesen »
21% of Department of the Interior Passwords Were Easily Cracked, Security Audit FindsThe report also stated that the department did not enable multi-factor authentication on 89% of its high-value assets.
Weiterlesen »
Could the GOP House speaker drama hurt Republicans in 2024?Congressional Democrats say Republicans will pay a price at the polls in the 2024 elections due to last week’s very visible GOP battle to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker
Weiterlesen »
U.S. Department of Energy rejects initial bids to resupply oil stockpileThe U.S. Department of Energy has rejected the first batch of bids from oil companies to resupply a small amount of oil to the nation’s emergency crude oil stockpile in February, according to a DOE spokesperson.
Weiterlesen »