The ground is shifting in the 2024 presidential campaign. If Donald Trump and JD Vance win this November, that will be literally a true statement because Trump and Vance want to use federal land to create more housing and wealth for Americans.
Just six Democrats joined House Republicans this week to prevent President Joe Biden from turning federal lands into migrant camps for tens of thousands of illegal aliens who have been released into the United States interior.
Environmentalists outraged by Biden’s decision to resume federal oil and gas leasing have not read the fine print. Biden actually eliminated 80 percent of the land available for leasing and increased the cost of operating those leases by 50 percent.
The Senate on Monday voted to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Interior, Rep. Deb Haaland, clearing a hurdle for Biden as he seeks to achieve “environmental justice” as one of his top agenda items.
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) wrote in an op-ed that President Joe Biden’s energy policies are like taking a sledgehammer to the U.S. economy.
Steve Pearce, chairman of the New Mexico GOP Party, said Republicans should fight the nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM) to lead the DOI.
The Western Energy Alliance filed suit on Wednesday challenging President Biden’s executive order to halt drilling leases on federal land.
Frank Macchiarola, senior vice president of Policy, Economics and Regulatory Affairs at the American Petroleum Institute (API), said in an interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday with host Matt Boyle that if President Joe Biden puts a permanent ban on oil and gas development on federal waters and land, it could cost 1 million American jobs.
Biden said he would “make sure” “fracking” for oil and natural gas will be “eliminated” while also saying he would not ban the practice.
DOI Secretary David Bernhardt said on Saturday at CPAC that President Trump has made it a priority to give Americans access to federal lands.
The Justice Department (DOJ) filed suit Monday to block a controversial California law that seeks to place conditions on the sale or transfer of federal lands within the state.
