Release Date: April 12, 2024
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Coalition Celebrates New Oil and Gas Rule
Today, the Department of the Interior (DOI) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a final rule to revise BLM oil and gas leasing regulations, which will help to reform the federal oil and gas leasing program and better protect public lands, wildlife, and taxpayers.
Phil Francis, Chair of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, issued the following statement:
“We thank the Biden administration for taking necessary action to help safeguard our national parks, public lands, and surrounding landscapes from irresponsible oil and gas development.
This new rule takes the important step of requiring BLM to consider giving preference to numerous other factors when considering lands available for lease, including the presence of important habitats, historic properties and sacred sites, and recreation and other uses. We hope this will help to steer leasing away from nearby national parks and better protect irreplaceable resources on public lands.”
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