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Biden wants to end new oil and gas leasing: What does that mean for Utah? Amy Joi O'Donoghue © Kevin Lamarque, via Associated Press President-elect Joe Biden announces Pete Buttigieg, the former of South Bend, Ind., as his nominee for transportation secretary during a news conference at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. SALT LAKE CITY — With climate change a cornerstone of his campaign and central to his proposed Cabinet picks, President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to put an end to any new oil and gas development on federal lands and federal w...

This study shows how Utah may be impacted if Joe Biden bans oil and gas leasing Brian Maffly © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune (Brian Maffly | Tribune file photo) Pump jacks pull up hydrocarbons in the Three Rivers oil field southwest of Vernal, near Pelican Lake and the Green River, pictured on June 14, 2019. Members of Congress, including Utah Republicans, are seeking a halt to collection of federal royalties for mining and drilling on public lands — except they want the states to keep getting their share. Editor’s note: This story is available to Tribune subscribers on...

5:45 A state legislative committee is discussing the last stages of approval for a major oil and gas project in Converse County. The U.S. Department of Interior just has to sign the Record of Decision (ROD), which Select Federal Natural Resource Management committee members like Douglas Sen. Brian Boner is anxious to finish or even speed up. "Especially with everything that we're faced with, with a potential new administration slowing down permitting for oil and gas, I think it's good to have at least the opportunity or the potential of having an expedited process," he said. APDs received s...

renewable energy. it's just getting underway. >> how hearty we all are dealing with the treacherous washington winter we're having. i'm ken green. i'm a resident scholar here. i work on energy and environment policy. and i'm sort of your host for the afternoon. the name of our program today, which i take full responsibility for is clean, green, and renewable, what could go wrong? given my last name is green, you could ask my mother that question and she'd give you a somewhat different answer, but i'm sure she'd find drawbacks to the whole green equation as we make here today. we have...