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Legal and economic experts will examine the recent White House executive orders that suspend energy leases on federal lands during a webinar roundtable Tuesday, Feb. 2. The University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources (SER) Center for Energy Regulation and Policy Analysis (CERPA) will host the virtual panel discussion.
Preregistration for the free public webinar, which begins at 3 p.m., is highly encouraged because the link capacity is limited. Attendees also may submit questions to the panelists before the event through the preregistration portal.
To reduce “to the extent possible” carbon emissions, steps taken by the federal government have led to the suspension of new energy production on federal lands for 60 days, as well as an indefinite moratorium on issuing new federal oil and gas leases across the nation. The series of orders by President Joe Biden’s administration directs the Secretary of the Interior to pause the granting of all new lea
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Among other broad policy objectives intertwined in President Biden’s “Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad” is the direction to the secretary of the interior to “pause new oil and natural gas leases on public lands [and] in offshore waters.” This new indefinite moratorium on new leasing will require the “completion of a comprehensive review and reconsideration of federal oil and gas permitting and leasing practices.”
This action follows last week’s Secretarial Order 3395, issued by Acting Secretary of the Interior Scott de la Vega, that broadly suspended delegated authority to field personnel to “issue any onshore or offshore fossil fuel authorization, including but not limited to a lease, amendment to a lease, affirmative extension of a lease, contract, or other agreement, or permit to drill.” The order also included a suspension of the authorization to issue rights of way
Craig city councilors adopted a resolution Tuesday to establish the City of Craig Urban Renewal Authority.
The resolution was the next step in creating an Urban Renewal Authority in Craig. Establishing an area gives incentives to a developer to make improvements, build or fill an empty building and spruce up an obvious eyesore in the city, such as the mall. In fact, the mall is a big reason why Craig is interested in such a plan.
Currently, the city is in the presentation process with other tax amenities in the area, and once that is complete, they’ll move into the negotiations with the tax amenities and establish intergovernmental agreements formed as needed to fully implement the authority.
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