This administration has used every tool at its disposal to restrict access to vast energy resources in federal waters , says API Senior Vice President and.
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration released its latest draft of the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program on Friday. This proposal for future drilling off U.S.
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Gordon testified before the committee, in an attempt to combat the Biden Administration’s ban on oil and gas lease sales on federal lands.
According to the Energy and Natural Resources website, “The purpose of this hearing is to examine energy development on federal lands, focusing on the current status of the Department of the Interior’s onshore oil and gas leasing program.”
“We can probably agree that last year sucked, economically, socially, and emotionally,” Gordon began his testimony. Wyoming never had to completely shut down, so our schools and businesses remained open. I am happy to report that Wyoming had the nation s highest percentage of students enrolled fully in-person in school because our schools and businesses remained open, but our economy has taken a particularly hard body blow as policies have changed to discriminate against the oil, gas, and coal industries that have anchored it for more than a century.”
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