James G. Watt, who battled environmentalists during a rancorous term as interior secretary under President Ronald Reagan and offended even some allies with the uninhibited rhetoric that ultimately drove him to resign, died May 27 in Arizona. He was 85.
(Archived document, may contain errors) THE CONSTITUTION: 200 YEARS LATER Three Lectures by The Honorable Wffliam R Simon Chairman, WSGP International, Inc. Trustee of The Heritage Foundation The Honorable Donald P. Hodel U.S. Secretary of the Interior ne Honorable Philip M. Crane Member of Congress, Illinois P resented at The Heritage Foundation Annual Board Meeting and Public Policy Seminar Hershey, Pennsylvania June 21-23, 1987 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
At the peak of the energy crisis, in 1979, Congress sought to spur offshore energy exploration by enacting the Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Act Amendments OCSLAA.
United States domestic oil production this May was nearly 400,000 barrels per day (b/d) less than in May 1986 U.S. oil consumption this May was 300,000 b/d greater than last May.