A Biden administration report on federal oil and gas leasing is undergoing an interagency review and should be published soon, an Interior Department official said on Tuesday.
“Reports like this that come at the direction of an executive order …
From Reuters
Trump administration infighting is holding up approval of the first major U.S. offshore wind energy project, with agencies sparring over whether the proposal does enough to protect the fishing industry, according to interviews and agency documents.
The delays …
Interior Department Reorganizes into 12 “Unified Regions” – To What Effect on The Ground?
From the National Law Review
Department of the Interior (“DOI”) Secretary Ryan Zinke announced on August 29, 2018, DOI’s “final” version of its new reorganization plan, …
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has announced the nation’s largest ever federal lease sale—almost 77 million acres in …
It looks like a breathtaking Western painting that might be hanging in a museum in Denver, or Cody or Jackson, but it’s actually a photograph of the real thing taken by the National …
Today, the United States Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management released 348 pages of new Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on …
On Dec. 16, 15 U.S. congressmen delivered a letter to Janice Schneider, Assistant Secretary …
The Chukchi Sea’s 29 billion barrels (U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s estimate of BOE) will have to wait for better times.
The U.S. Department of Interior announced …
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the United States Interior Department on February 19, 2015, alleging the violation of three federal laws for oil and gas development offshore California. The results from the lawsuit could potentially affect …
Department of Interior looking to triple federal offshore acreage for wind development
In a press release on Monday, the Department of Interior announced that more than 742,000 acres offshore Massachusetts will be offered for commercial wind energy development in a …
