'This is an opportunity to put partisanship aside & engage in a thoughtful, data-based discussion' - Muley Fanatic's Josh Coursey on the federal oil & gas leasing program in Casper Star-Tribune ⬇️ bit.ly/32Kn2lf #ReformLeasing
Reforming our oil & gas leasing system will provide better returns to taxpayers, protect wild places without driving up oil prices. US Department of the Interior + Senator John Hickenlooper & Michael Bennet, it’s time to #ReformLeasing to protect our #PublicLands & taxpayer revenue. gjsentinel.com/opinion/column…
ICYMI: When O&G companies are allowed to lease #PublicLands purely for speculation, it prevents Bureau of Land Management - National from managing them for recreation & conservation. US Department of the Interior, Senator John Hickenlooper & Michael Bennet must #ReformLeasing now. More: gjsentinel.com/opinion/column…
The Biden admin's leasing pause is a commonsense move to #ReformLeasing and stop oil & gas companies from locking #PublicLands away from uses that actually benefit taxpayers.
American Progress on how the industry is lying about its impacts:
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Watching our friend Sharon Buccino from NRDC 🌎🏡 explaining why @interior must reform #oilandgas leasing to address #climatechange and #CleanUpOilWells . US Interior Press Team #ReformLeasing
When our broken oil & gas leasing system operates w/ century-old royalty rates, CO’s taxpayers are robbed of #PublicLands revenue. Congress & US Department of the Interior must #ReformLeasing as sales reopen Colorado Fiscal Institute Colorado Newsline bit.ly/3aZLyX5
Thank you, Senator Jacky Rosen, for your work to ensure O&G companies pay their fair share for leasing & drilling on our #PublicLands . Due to this hard work, US Department of the Interior is raising the century-old onshore royalty rate for leases in upcoming sales. #ReformLeasing bit.ly/3rvoPYj
90% of #PublicLands in #Montana are open to oil & gas dev.–even if they don’t have any actual drilling potential. Thankfully SenateEnergyDems heard Senator Cortez Masto ’s bill yesterday to end speculative leasing threatening MT's outdoors. #ReformLeasing #mtpol #mtnews (photo: Tony Bynum)
.Wyoming Outdoor Council's John Rader on Taxpayers for Common Sense' new WY report: 'because of these federal policies, Wyoming is losing out on revenue during a budget crisis.' Casper Star-Tribune w/ more on how Bureau of Land Management - National's outdated policies cost taxpayers ⬇️ #ReformLeasing bit.ly/2HuCyuj
.National Wildlife Federation, along with 15,000 of its members, submitted comments to the US Department of the Interior in favor of substantial reforms to its antiquated #oilandgas leasing system.
To protect wildlife corridors and improve opportunities for outdoor rec, we must #ReformLeasing . ow.ly/wWqA50EpDzq
TODAY: Natural Resources Democrats markup several bills introduced by Rep. Katie Porter Rep. Alan Lowenthal Rep. Diana DeGette + Rep. Mike Levin. These bills will #ReformLeasing to ensure the oil & gas leasing on #publiclands truly works in the public interest. 👀here → bit.ly/3gz6mFF
More than 2 Million acres of #PublicLands in #Nevada were leased noncompetitively for pennies on the Dollar & more than 670,000 acres are now available for noncompetitive leasing. Thank you Senator John Hickenlooper & Senator Jacky Rosen for your efforts to #ReformLeasing #KeepItInTheGround
Thank you, Secretary Deb Haaland, for repealing the shortsighted & destructive oil & gas leasing policies of the last administration. Your swift action will restore balance to the management of our #PublicLands & natural resources! on.doi.gov/3x0MXD4 #ReformLeasing
In SenateEnergyDems hearing Shell said: 'I do not think that not having lease sales has raised the costs to consumers.” That’s why 21 groups urged President Biden in a 📨 to #ReformLeasing and not to give in to #BigOil ’s greedy push for more leasing. Read it here→bit.ly/3tK41g1
JUST IN: Secretary Deb Haaland repeals Trump-era “energy dominance” policies to swiftly restore balanced management and public participation to our #PublicLands and natural resources. Learn more: on.doi.gov/3x0MXD4 #ReformLeasing
NV is not the only state where 100,000's of acres of public land that have no potential for oil and gas are leased for development. Usually resulting in zero development and tying up the land from other uses
US Department of the Interior #ReformLeasing Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Colorado Newsline bit.ly/3zsUw9z
Nevadans use #PublicLands for outdoor rec, hunting, fishing & more – yet oil & gas CEOs can lease land w/ little drilling potential & let them sit idle. SenateEnergyDems Senator Cortez Masto’s bill will #ReformLeasing & put an end to this wasteful practice. Pictured: Great Basin, NV.
.Senator Jacky Rosen’s bipartisan fix to update 101-year old federal royalty rate for oil & gas drilling compliments President Biden’s recent pause on new leasing on #PublicLands . We must take stock of how the current system is broken in order to finally #ReformLeasing bit.ly/38nybvy
Thanks to Archive: Senator Tom Udall & Chuck Grassley for bipartisan legislation to #ReformLeasing : “oil and gas companies should pay fair market value for the public resources they extract and sell” on our #PublicLands . More in The New York Times: nyti.ms/2I4dSJK
“The Biden administration could finally reform this broken system that prioritizes corporate profit over our public lands, wildlife habitat, and New Mexico’s outdoor heritage,” said Jesse Deubel, NMWildlifeFederation executive director #ReformLeasing ow.ly/CSL850DgrAB