Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said at a House committee hearing on June 23 that the Biden administration has no plan to permanently ban new oil and gas drilling on federal land.
Haaland's comments came after a federal judge on June 15 blocked the Biden administration's temporary ban on new leases to drill for oil and gas on public lands and waters.
The Biden administration in January suspended new oil and gas leasing and drilling for 60 days and ordered the Interior Department to conduct a "Comprehensive review" of its leasing program.
Roughly more than 20 percent of oil production and more than 10 percent of gas production in the United States comes from leased public lands and federally managed waters.
Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, which represents 200 oil and gas companies in many Western states, called Haaland's statement "Pretty ambiguous."
The Interior Department has submitted its report about the future of the federal oil and gas program to the White House, according to E&E News.
The report will lay out the plan on how the Interior Department will conduct its "Comprehensive review," and the report is expected to come out on June 25, according to Sgamma.
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Thursday, June 24, 2021
Interior Secretary: No Plan ‘Right Now' to Permanently Ban New Oil, Gas Leasing
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