William Perry Pendley

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. 

Department of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced this week that William Perry Pendley will be acting director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a move ranchers and others in the west where the majority of federal land exists see as a positive development.