Report Underscores Need for Oil Gas Leasing Reforms / Public News Service
DENVER -- President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act includes reforms for oil and gas production on public lands first introduced by the Reagan administration. Pegah Jalali, environmental policy analyst at the Colorado Fiscal Institute, sees the reforms as an opportunity to hold companies accountable for environmental costs, and to fix a program a recent Department of Interior report found to be outdated and broken. "It benefits oil and gas companies," Jalali contended. " ...