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Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Politics
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GOP lawmakers unleash proposal to reverse Biden's 'ill-informed' policies crippling crucial industry
EXCLUSIVE: Republican lawmakers are introducing legislation to undo a method used by the Biden administration to limit the ability to produce oil. The "LIZARDS Act of 2025" would remove the dunes sagebrush lizard from the endangered species list, as proponents of the bill argue that it was used by the Biden administration to limit energy production in places like Texas' Permian Basin — a hub for the American oil and gas industry. The legislative effort is being led by Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, and Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas. "Former President Biden spent four years fulfilling his promise to kill the fossil fuel industry one horrible policy at a time – including listing the dunes sagebrush lizard under the Endangered Species Act, a direct attack on our hard-working men and women in the energy sector," Pfluger said in a statement. Gop Lawmaker Seeks To Slam Brakes On Biden's 'Woke And Wasteful' Ev Tax Credit "This listing, along with many others, was completely misguided and repudiates significant private conservation efforts in West Texas," he added. In addition, the duo is also sending a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum asking the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to remove both the lizard and the lesser prairie chicken from the list. Read On The Fox News App "Reversing these listing would recognize the success of local conservation efforts and restore regulatory certainty for the communities and industries that depend on access to these lands," the letter states. Az Senate Leader Urges Burgum To End Biden-obama Land Grabs Of Uranium Sites The service added the dunes sagebrush lizard to the list in May 2024, and the lesser prairie chicken was listed in 2022. "From day one, President Biden used every tool in his toolbox to trample on the livelihoods of America's energy and agricultural producers," the Republican lawmaker said in a statement. Energy Sec Wright Outlines Day-1 Priorities: Refilling Spr, Nixing Bidenesque Appliance Rules, Nuke Updates "His administration continuously ignored the facts on the ground and decided federal bureaucrats were better equipped to manage these populations than local citizens. Our bill restores power back to the local communities most impacted by these decisions and removes the regulatory handcuffs put on them by the Biden Administration. We look forward to working with President Trump and Secretary Burgum to reverse these ill-informed listings and unleash the American energy dominance 77 million Americans voted for this past November." The Trump administration has made major energy policy changes, including scrapping certain regulations on Alaska, declaring a national energy emergency, and signing a Congressional Review Act to end a tax on natural gas article source: GOP lawmakers unleash proposal to reverse Biden's 'ill-informed' policies crippling crucial industry
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Business
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Trump admin's first oil and gas-lease sales nets nearly $40 million for U.S. coffers
The Interior Department announced Thursday that in the first three months of 2025, the federal government brought in nearly $40 million in revenue from oil and gas lease sales on public land. The development proves the worth of President Donald Trump's vision to unleash American energy dominance, a top official said. "This quarter's lease sales demonstrate Interior's unwavering commitment to fostering American Energy Dominance, and we are grateful to those who produce energy on federal lands," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a statement. "By building on the commonsense, pro-growth policies of the Trump administration, we're ensuring public lands are being used to their fullest potential to support national security, economic strength and livelihood of the American people." Az Senate Leader Urges Burgum To End Biden-obama Land Grabs Of Uranium Sites The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which falls under Burgum's auspices, leased 34 land parcels for fossil fuel development since January. Read On The Fox News App Those 25,038 acres brought in $39,007,609 in total receipts. The revenues will be divided between the feds and each particular state where the leases were sold. Rfk Jr Backs Wv Push For Snap Waivers, Work Mandates Under 'Maha' States receiving the windfalls include Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, Wyoming and Nevada. The Interior Department said in a statement that the sales were in concert with Trump's Executive Order 14154: "Unleashing American Energy." The department assured that the various parcels will be developed in alignment with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 – an environmental quality and impact law spearheaded by former Sen. Scoop Jackson, D-Wash. The leases have a one-decade lifespan and "as long thereafter as there is production of oil and gas in paying quantities." The feds will are also entitled to a 16.67% article source: Trump admin's first oil and gas-lease sales nets nearly $40 million for U.S. coffers
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Business
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Cutting the 'green tape': Conservation group offers top 10 ways for Dept of Interior to streamline
EXCLUSIVE: A leading conservation group that champions collaboration over regulation is releasing its top 10 recommendations for the Department of the Interior to cut so-called "green tape" – as opposed to "red tape" – which seeks to streamline the agency's work. The Montana-based Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), a nonpartisan leader in "market solutions" for conservation, will seek to triple the rate of endangered species' recovery, double fee revenues for national parks without putting all the onus on visitors and eliminate regulations for Americans who voluntarily want to provide assistance in managing habitat restoration. PERC CEO Brian Yablonski told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that there is a $23 billion backlog in national parks' infrastructure needs, conservation projects and wastewater management. As parks grow and visitor numbers hit record levels, the Interior Department needs a responsible way to fund the increased needs without burdening U.S. taxpayers or implementing restrictions, Yablonski said. Az Senate Leader Urges Burgum To Reverse Biden-obama Land Grab At Uranium Sites "One way to address the needs of our national parks directly is to connect funding with demand," Yablonski said. Read On The Fox News App Doubling fee revenue does not mean doubling fees, he said, noting that in other countries, American visitors often pay a surcharge to that park system because they do not contribute any of the baseline taxes to park conservation. In that way, a visitor to Skyline Drive who hails from abroad should be charged a little more than a local Virginian going from Staunton to Front Royal who already pays into park coffers through taxation, he said. However, Yablonski underlined that the national park system is unique in that 80% of fee revenue collected at any particular park stays to support that park specifically. The other 20% goes elsewhere, including into general funds supporting parks that do not charge fees. It would also "depoliticize" park funding because fees are collected independently of Congress. Record increases in park visitors – according to the National Park Service (NPS) – have shown that people are willing to pay to enjoy America's parkland. Therefore, an increase in the $80 America the Beautiful pass would be one area where there may not be much pain for eager park visitors. NPS reported nearly 332 million visits to parks in 2024, an increase of 6.3 million. Trump Interior Pick Faces Senate Scrutiny The pass gets Americans into many national parks for free, allows entrance to Skyline Drive and also gives the bearer free parking at other park-owned properties, such as the Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, Amtrak station. Reducing obstacles to voluntary conservation is one of the best ways to cut 'green tape'," Yablonski said. Landowners seeking to aid voluntary conservation must currently go through an at-times costly and/or strung-out chronological process before they can formally assist the agency. "It can take up to a year to get those kind of agreements approved," Yablonski said. "We just think there's a way to streamline that and get those agreements approved sooner, especially if a landowner is taking measures to do voluntary conservation on his or her land," he said. That "green tape" cut leads into PERC's recommendations regarding the Endangered Species Act, Yablonski added. While the act has been effective in preventing extinction, it has not helped recover species listed as endangered. Only 3% of endangered species have recovered and been taken off the list, while 99% remain extant. "That's because the tools needed for both are different. A tool to prevent extinction might be a more regulatory-oriented tool to actually recover something and proactively improve. It is going to be more of a market-based incentive," he said. "The problem is we're using the regulatory tool when we should be using the incentive-based tool. And so the idea of cutting green tape is actually what are some of the new tools to take in endangered species recovery from a number like 3% and get it to 10%. And I think it's important to set goals because there are folks that seem to be okay with 3% recovery in the environmental community, which to me is shocking. We should want to try something different, try new things, bring new tools to bear to increase endangered species recovery." The full report will be available on PERC's website on Wednesday. Fox News Digital reached out to the Interior Department for comment on its communications with PERC thus article source: Cutting the 'green tape': Conservation group offers top 10 ways for Dept of Interior to streamline
