In one of the House Committee on Natural Resources’ first oversight hearings, a subcommittee held a hearing focused on restoring American energy dominance through offshore oil and natural gas development – highlighting the continued shift in tone in the new Congress and Administration. Witnesses and members of Congress pointed out the myriad benefits of a
Read More...To provide a “balanced approach to development,” the Department of Interior released a laundry list of regulations for oil and gas leasing on public lands. However, the proposal is the latest attempt by the Biden administration to sideline critical energy development. In the past year, the administration has repeatedly pushed mixed messages on domestic production
Read More...An analysis from the Wall Street Journal dug up the receipts and the results are clear: the federal oil and natural gas leasing program has slowed to a near standstill under the Biden administration, undermining U.S. energy production and global energy security. During the 2020 campaign, President Biden vowed “no more drilling on federal lands,
Read More...Under the executive order signed by President Joe Biden in January, a planned lease sale of approximately 78.2 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico has been postponed – a move that will have significant negative impacts on the economies and employment of states in the Gulf Coast region and puts environmental efforts across the
Read More...After weeks of buildup, the first two Democratic presidential debates this week in Miami featured little discussion of the 20 candidates’ views on climate and energy policy, disappointing both those who favor an all-of-the-above energy approach that has seen the United States catapult into a global energy leader and the ”Keep it in the Ground”
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