Tag: Bureau of Land Management

Does the President Have the Authority to Ban Fracking?

Several Democratic presidential candidates are campaigning on promises to ban fracking on federal lands, or on some more extreme platforms – from Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris – place a ban on all fracking in the United States including on private property. World leaders have advised against a U.S. ban for a

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Ahead of Interior Confirmation Hearing, CNN Omits Key Facts on Federal Oil and Gas Leasing

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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