Solar Energy
Efforts by the Biden administration to address climate change by temporarily banning new leasing on oil and gas drilling is concerning for many Utah communities that rely on these jobs.
“I anticipate that that so-called temporary ban will become a long term ban, certainly, at least for the vast majority of Biden's first term. And so if we look at the economic impact from just the leasing ban, in Utah, it will cost your state about 1.1 billion in GDP, about 2670 jobs and about 205 million in state tax revenue over the first term of the Biden administration,” said Kathleen Sgamma, who is the president of the Western Energy Alliances.