Biden Blocks Oil Drilling on Millions of Acres in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve

[roamer_1]

Interesting perspective.  While I agree the federal government should contain limits, I doubt this will gain traction.

The best bet is for a state to have a long-term plan in place to purchase back land within the state that the federal government claims is theirs.

Perhaps. But in my case, as always, it's the principle of the thing. 

[libertybele]

Perhaps. But in my case, as always, it's the principle of the thing. 

Similiar to the Cliven Bundy situation.

[roamer_1]

Similiar to the Cliven Bundy situation.

That whole deal was about fed land. It ain't right, I'll tell you what.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

That whole deal was about fed land. It ain't right, I'll tell you what.

Neither is Biden, but right now we have to live with the thing

[mystery-ak]

Interior cancels oil and gas lease sales in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico
by Breanne Deppisch, Energy and Environment Reporter
 | May 12, 2022 08:56 AM

The Interior Department said it will not move forward with three planned oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet, meaning the administration will not hold a lease sale on coastal waters this year.

The announcement late Wednesday night, which comes as President Joe Biden faces record-high gas costs, will halt hopes of offshore drilling on millions of acres of federal land. Alaska’s Cook Inlet was home to more than 1 million acres of federal land alone.

The Interior Department confirmed the news in an email to the Washington Examiner late Wednesday.

“Due to lack of industry interest in leasing in the area, the Department will not move forward with the proposed Cook Inlet OCS oil and gas lease sale 258” or the Cook Inlet project, DOI said.

The decision not to move ahead with two leases in the Gulf of Mexico region, meanwhile, was due to “conflicting court rulings” that delayed work on the proposed lease sales, a DOI official told the Washington Examiner.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/interior-cancels-oil-and-gas-lease-sales-in-alaska-and-gulf-of-mexico