U-S INTERIOR SECRETARY DEB HAALAND IS VISITING COLORADO TODAY TO DISCUSS A RANGE OF ISSUES... INCLUDING MOVING THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT... DROUGHT AND WILDFIRE CONDITIONS... AND ENERGY ISSUES. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RECENTLY BANNED LEASES FOR OIL AND GAS DRILLING ON FEDERAL LANDS... AND ORDERED A REVIEW OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS PROGRAMS.
WE'RE GETTING PERSPECTIVE ON THE OIL AND GAS ISSUE WITH WESTERN ENERGY ALLIANCE PRESIDENT KATHLEEN (S-COMMA) SGAMMA.
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NOTES FROM WEA:
-- Western Energy Alliance filed a lawsuit over President Biden's executive order stoppingnew oil and natural gas leases on federal public lands
-- In another lawsuit filed by 14 states, a judge issued an injunction reversing the ban. But the Department of the Interior has not yet scheduled any lease auctions
-- The Department of the Interior has also not released the review of oil and gas projects despite saying it was expected in early summer.