Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Monday he is preparing legislation requiring state agencies to stop doing business with banks that have policies opposed to financing oil and gas development in Alaskaâs Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
âI will not let our state be taken advantage of by outside entities that undermine our economic security,â Dunleavy said in a Facebook post.
He is planning to introduce the legislation after the 32nd Legislature convenes Jan. 19. More details will be released once the legislation is drafted and ready for introduction, according to a spokesman for the governor.
The list of major banks with policies opposed to drilling in the Arctic includes Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Swiss bank UBS.
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Congressman Kevin McCarthy Says BLM California Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Kern County is Encouraging Published: Monday, 14 December 2020 05:53
December 14, 2020 - Last week, Congressman Kevin McCarthy released the following statement commending the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Bakersfield Field Office on successfully
conducting an oil and natural gas lease sale yesterday in Kern County for the first time in eight years. This lease sale comes after the BLM addressed multiple protests over the years and is consistent with a court-approved settlement agreement between the BLM and various environmental groups. In addition, any development projects on leased lands will still have to pass a rigorous environmental review, under the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act.
Six bidders join federal auctions of 7 oil and gas parcels in Kern tehachapinews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tehachapinews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
John T. Humphrey
From my home in Los Angeles, California, it is just a few hours’ drive into the deserts of Nevada to see wild horses. If you are lucky, as I was, you might see a lone mustang on the range, galloping over powdery snow, just a few hundred metres from the highway.
According to the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), there are about 95,000 wild horses and burros – small donkeys – on public lands across the US, half of which are in Nevada. The horses are not truly wild, …
Article amended on 17 December 2020 We clarified that the fertility programmes run by BLM and AWHC are separate, and the origins of the wild horses.