Interior Department Announces New Rules for Oil and Gas Leasing

Interior Department Announces New Rules for Oil and Gas Leasing

The Department of the Interior proposed major changes to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rules regarding onshore oil and gas…

Rolling back the BLM Oil and Gas Rule hurts communities like ours

By BRYAN WACHS and ASHLEY KORENBLAT

BLM Proposes to Lower Bond Requirements for Oil and Gas Wells on Federal Land - Taxpayers for Common Sense

A proposed rule, announced June 22 and formally published June 24, would make major changes to the federal onshore oil and gas leasing program that could leave taxpayers and communities to shoulder more of the costs of cleaning up oil and gas wells. The proposed rule would reduce minimum federal bond requirements for oil and gas operators, returning them to decades-old levels that previously left taxpayers exposed to billions in potential cleanu…

Interior moves to relax rules for drilling on public lands

The Trump administration is proposing to relax rules to make it easier for companies to drill for oil and gas on public lands. The Interior Department, which oversees federal lands, said that it would propose to loosen two Biden-era regulations that sought to rein in planet-warming methane and ensure that energy companies are on the...