WASHINGTON, D.C. â In testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, the National Wildlife Federationâs Tracy Stone-Manning praised five bills that would reform and modernize the federal oil and gas leasing system, update methane regulations and restore balanced management to our nationâs public lands so that wildlife and local communities will thrive for generations to come.
âThe system is broken and the bills considered today will go a long way to fixing critical, common-sense needs: safeguarding our clean air and clean water, protecting taxpayers and ensuring more efficient and transparent government,â Stone-Manning, senior advisor for conservation at the National Wildlife Federation, told the subcommittee. âThese overdue reforms address an industry that for too long has had an outsized influence on our public lands, often at the expense of wildlife and people.â