Offshore Leasing Plan Delay Compromises Energy Security and Climate Goals

More than a year after the Obama administration’s Outer Continental Shelf five-year offshore leasing program expired, the United States still does not have a new plan in place, as required by law. As put plainly by the Chair of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Pete Stauber (R-MN) during a House Natural Resources

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Where’s the Beef? Democratic Senators Want an Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Plan Without Any Lease Sales

In a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, a group of Democratic U.S. senators don’t appear to understand the purpose of the five-year outer continental shelf oil and natural gas leasing program that’s required by law. The senators, overwhelmingly representing states with no offshore oil and gas development, are lobbying the administration to leave out

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