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Steve Griffin, Deseret News
President Joe Biden began his term with a flurry of executive orders, many of which were designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While the intent of these orders may be positive, one of them is a blow to Utah and other Western states.
To be specific, the administration’s decision to suspend new oil and gas leases on federal lands will do little to change the country’s energy mix while disproportionately impacting rural economies.
The country’s use of oil and gas is driven by demand for those products. As long as people are willing to pay for them, they’ll keep being produced. There is a virtually unlimited supply on private land in other parts of the country that are unaffected by the order, and those communities will be happy to step up and fill the gap. This order won’t constrain the supply enough to matter. The only way to change our energy mix is to shift the demand to clean technologies.
Utah Coal Country Strike Team continues to serve as a national model to help coal communities
Schmidt Futures awards another quarter million dollars to help diversify the economy in Carbon and Emery counties
Newswise March 2, 2021 (Salt Lake City) – The Utah Coal Country Strike Team will invest another $251,185 in nine projects that support small businesses, affordable housing, tourism infrastructure, and student scholarships in Carbon and Emery Counties, awarded by Schmidt Futures. This new investment, which is levered with an over four-to-one match, will help diversify the economy in Utah’s coal country and help residents achieve a more economically stable future. Today’s announcement brings the total amount invested by the locally led Strike Team to $1.3 million, all at a time when the Strike Team has met their goal to secure a 10% increase in incomes for residents of the region.
To the editor:
There is much good in our new governorâs six priorities for his first 500 days. His âOne Utah Roadmapâ focuses on economic advancement, education, innovation and investment, rural matters, health security, equality and opportunity, and state government efficiency.
After reviewing the âRural Mattersâ section, I wish to provide a word of caution. The bullet point stating âDevelop state coal and petroleum reserve systems and a mineral reserve system.â is of special concern.
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