Biden halts federal oil and gas leasing indefinitely. Focus to shift on renewables January 28, 2021, by Bojan Lepic
U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to halt new oil and gas leasing which the Department of the Interior (DOI) claims will “help restore balance on public lands and waters”.
According to a
statement by the DOI, the executive order will also enable job creation and
provide a path to align the management of U.S. public lands and waters with the
country’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.
The order will
direct the Department of the Interior to pause new oil and natural gas leasing
Thursday, 28 January 2021 US President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order yesterday that will help advance America’s clean energy goals alongside management of public lands and waters with US climate and conservation goals.
The Executive Order will direct the Department of the Interior to pause new oil and natural gas leasing on public lands and offshore waters, concurrent with a comprehensive review of the federal oil and gas programme. The targeted pause does not impact existing operations or permits for valid, existing leases, which are continuing to be reviewed and approved. Nor does it restrict energy activities on private or state lands, or lands that the United States holds in trust or restricted status for Tribes or individual Indians.
28 January 2021
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an Executive Order directing a pause on new oil and natural gas leasing on public lands and offshore waters, concurrent with a comprehensive review of the federal oil and gas programme.
The targeted pause does not impact existing operations or permits for valid, existing leases, which are continuing to be reviewed and approved. The order does not restrict energy activities on private or state lands, or lands that the United States holds in trust or restricted status for tribes or individual Indians, says the department of the interior.
President Biden’s move to uphold US environmental commitment, will help restore balance on public lands and waters, create jobs, and provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with the nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals, the Department of the Interior has stated.