For Immediate Release Tuesday, March 9, 2021
DENVER The Department of Interior announced Tuesday that it will begin its comprehensive review of the department’s oil and gas leasing and permitting activities as required by President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis. This review, which follows a pause on new leasing activity by the administration, will begin with a public forum on March 25, featuring presentations from stakeholders.
The executive order directs the department to assess the costs to the climate and environment of federal oil and gas permitting and leasing practices in light of the department s responsibilities as steward of public lands and oceans.