Biden sets out oil, gas leasing reform, stops short of ban

The Associated Press ^ | November 26, 2021 | By MATTHEW DALY

[Oldeconomybuyer]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday recommended an overhaul of the nation’s oil and gas leasing program to focus on areas that are most suitable for energy development and raise costs for energy companies to drill on public lands and water.

The long-awaited report by the Interior Department stops short of recommending an end to oil and gas leasing on public lands, as many environmental groups have urged. But officials said the report would move toward a more responsible leasing process that provides a better to return to U.S. taxpayers for oil and gas drilling on the nation’s vast public lands and waters.

“Our nation faces a profound climate crisis that is impacting every American,″ Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in a statement, adding that the new report’s recommendations will provide a fair return to taxpayers and mitigate worsening climate impacts “while staying steadfast in the pursuit of environmental justice.″

The report completes a review ordered in January by President Joe Biden, who directed a pause in federal oil and gas lease sales in his first days in office, citing worries about climate change.

The moratorium drew sharp criticism from congressional Republicans and the oil industry, even as many environmentalists and Democrats said Biden should make the leasing pause permanent.

[DownInFlames]

Another reason not to vote Democrat.

[butlerweave]

While his Admin quietly sells all the oil and gas leases to his Best Buds The Chinese Communist Party

[BiteYourSelf]

Except oil companies won’t pay the extra fees, their customers will.🙄

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Notice how Brandon announces his war on energy on a Friday holiday weekend.

[TheConservativeTejano]

Another reason not to vote Democrat.

Manchin and Sinema are in big trouble in their states for next November's election in West Virginia for Manchin and Arizona for Sinema.

Manchin is toast and will not be a Senator if he votes for this massive tax and spend bill and Sinema will be toast is she votes for this massive tax and spend bill, because hispanic Arizona voters are so P.O.ed at Biden's massive Immigration.

[dangus]

Biden policies favor coal. Huh.

[BiteYourSelf]

Of course.🙄

[rey]

Areas more suited? You can’t miracle oil and gas deposits to be elsewhere. What a bunch of fools.

[Paperpusher]

predictable, isn’t he. If it hurts America, he is all for it. But we don’t have mean Trump tweets anymore.

[Diana in Wisconsin]