U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, issued a statement Friday regarding the Biden administration’s “sue and settle” tactics that will reopen procedural environmental reviews on over 2,000 natural gas and oil leases in Wyoming, covering nearly 2.5 million acres, sold between 2015 and 2020. A federal court recently approved settlement agreements between the Department of the Interior and allied environmental activist groups that will add extensive, bureaucratic review to nearly 4 million acres of oil and natural gas leases throughout Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, and Utah.
Barrasso, in his statement, said oil and gas leasing on federal lands is essential to American energy production and President Biden has attacked leasing at every turn while begging for more oil from Iran, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. He said the administration’s goal is to eliminate oil and gas leasing on federal lands which will result in higher energy and greater dependence on foreign oil. Senator Barrasso closed his statement by saying that President Biden’s policies are making it harder to produce U.S. energy, increasing prices, and destroying Wyoming jobs.
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Last modified: June 4, 2022