The Biden administration on Friday dealt another blow to the American oil industry by declaring millions of acres in Alaska now off-limits to new oil drilling.
The Interior Department released a new regulation Friday that will affect 13 million acres in Alaska, prohibiting drilling for oil on the land. The Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska rule will affect 40% of Alaska’s reserve, as 10.6 million acres will be completely protected by the Bureau of Land Management […]
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The moves also shore up support from tribes and conservation groups, but face criticism from Alaska lawmakers.
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management officially recommended against building the Ambler Road, effectively killing the project.
The Biden administration is planning to block oil and gas drilling across millions of acres in an Alaskan reserve, which Congress specifically set aside for resource development. The Department of Interior (DOI) is expected to finalize regulations on Friday, just days ahead of Earth Day. These regulations would effectively lock up more than 13 million acres of public land within the National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A), sources familiar with the agency's timing told Fox News Digital. The...
The U.S. military's cost estimate to build a pier off Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid has risen to $320 million, a U.S. defense official and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
President Joe Biden has repeatedly said he won’t hike taxes on anyone earning less than $400,000, but then this week he promised on X to hike taxes on just about everyone. Now, to be fair, Biden may not have understood that’s what he’s saying. Letting the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expire and “stay expired” […]
(The Center Square) – Lawmakers at a hearing Thursday raised concerns about the impact of a recent Biden administration decision to freeze permits for certain new export sites for liquefied natural gas, a major energy export for the U.S. The White House announced the freeze in January, arguing that climate change concerns justify the decision and that the U.S. is already exporting enough natural gas for now. “Today, we have an evolving understanding of the market...
Democratic New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham can be heard accusing President Joe Biden's administration of "persecuting" her state in a secretly captured audio recording—but her spokesperson told Newsweek her thoughts on the matter are nothing new.Lujan Grisham, seemingly while on an airline flight, says in the recording that she is "cranky" with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas because she does not "have a single Border Patrol agent" in Sunland Park, a...
President Joe Biden's administration on Friday formally began planning for a potential presidential transition, aiming to ensure continuity of government no matter the outcome of November's general election.Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, sent memos to all executive departments and agencies, directing them to name a point person for transition planning by May 3. It's the routine first step in congressionally mandated preparedness for presidential...
The Biden administration has finalized a new rule set to make millions of more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay in the U.S.