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Ban on new oil and gas leases on federal lands will hurt Ohioans
U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs, 7th District
Guest columnist
While the United States continues to grapple with the border crisis and find our way toward the end of the coronavirus pandemic (get your vaccine shots, everyone!), another important issue that affects all Americans is energy policy.
I’m old enough to remember the gas lines of the 1970s and President Jimmy Carter telling us to put on a sweater and turn down the thermostat because the world is running out of fossil fuels.
At that time, we relied almost exclusively on Middle East oil. It may have taken a few decades, but we eventually did end that reliance. Technological breakthroughs and American ingenuity of new extraction methods for oil and natural gas made it possible.
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For a bipartisan American West to thrive, the Senate filibuster must die. So say Harry Reid, the former U.S. Senate majority leader from Nevada, and three other western senators, Martin Heinrich from New Mexico, Jeff Merkley from Oregon, and Alex Padilla from California, all Democrats.
They are joined by another 10 western Democrats who say the filibuster may need to be reformed or abolished to allow legislation to pass with a simple majority vote rather than the supermajority required to overcome a filibuster if the partisan logjam holding up legislation in the Senate does not break soon.
opinion: targets for protected lands could help slow climate and extinction crises, support local food production
Conserving land to save our future: A goal to protect 30 percent of lands from development by 2030
Marina Schauffler, Maine Monitor Sat, 04/17/2021 - 12:00pm
A view of Mount Katahdin from Abol Stream at the edge of Baxter State Park. (Photo by Wendy Almeida/Maine Monitor)
Extinctions since 1500. Courtesy of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
In a recent working paper, “Delivering on Biden’s 2030 Conservation Commitment,” researchers identified the most cost-effective lands around the U.S. that could contribute to four potential strategies for the 30×30 conservation target – minimizing acquisition costs, protecting species from extinction, protecting climate refugees and corridors, and protecting carbon sinks from land conversion. A large swath of Maine scored high on all those criteria, with much
API Underscores Importance Of Federal Oil And Gas Program, Urges DOI To End Federal Leasing Pause
The American Petroleum Institute (API) today submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) on the importance of continued natural gas and oil leasing and development on federal lands and waters for U.S. economic growth and climate progress. API Vice President of Upstream Policy Kevin O’Scannlain urged Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to account for the economic and environmental benefits that federal natural gas and oil production provides to local communities and the entire country during the department’s review of the program and expeditiously lift the federal leasing pause.