Deep in the Department of Interior’s recently proposed 200+ page rule updating the Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process is a not-so-welcome surprise for the American energy industry. The proposed rule introduces a “preference criteria,” a brand-new and potentially transformative mechanism that has flown relatively under the radar but could give the Biden administration yet
Read More...The Biden administration recently unveiled its latest blockade of oil and natural gas production on federal lands that could cost Colorado thousands of jobs over the next two decades. In response to several “sue and settle” lawsuits from environmental groups attempting to stop all production on federal lands, the Bureau of Land Management released resource
Read More...The American people were just dealt a partial win in securing the energy future. A federal judge in North Dakota ruled that the Department of the Interior (DOI) did not have the right to stop North Dakota oil and gas lease sales on public land. The ruling came from U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor
Read More...Twin Metals Project Killed by Foreign Agent in White House ...… … [Editor’s Note: Joe Biden has been a corrupt liar as long as he has been in politics but his decision to kill the Twin Metals Project suggests he is also a foreign agent.] The Biden administration blocked plans for a major copper, nickel
Read More...ESG Is A Plague Upon Our Houses and Our Future David Kreutzer Senior Economist at Institute for Energy Research … … [Editor’s Note: ESG is a utopian experiment with our lives being undertaken by power hungry ideologues and money hungry corporatists trying to impose a transition we don’t need.] Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing
Read More...In a significant milestone for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), the Bureau of Land Management has approved and authorized for the first time ever a private company—ExxonMobil—to construct underground infrastructure and store CO2 deep underground on federal lands in Wyoming. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) has continuously evolved over the last 50 years, becoming a
Read More...federal land Paul DriessenCFACT …. …. [Editor’s Note: Biden wants to “preserve 30% of our land” with a Federal land grab while covering America with land gobbling, inefficient and intermittent green energy “farms.”] Via yet another decree (Executive Order 14008), President Biden has instructed government agencies to “permanently protect” at least 30% of all U.S.
Read More...The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has opened a public comment period for a proposed conveyor system on public lands to move sand for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico, Kallanish Energy reports. The Kermit Overland Conveyor Project is being developed by Texas-based OLC Kermit LLC, a subsidiary of
Read More...This week, CNN ran a piece attempting to influence the confirmation hearing of acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. The report lobbed criticism at the Bureau of Land Management for approving oil and gas permits during January’s government shutdown – framing it as the oil and gas sector skirting the effects of the shutdown while the
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