Conservation and Landscape Health Rule

Natural Gas, Oil Industry Criticizes Biden Plan to Balance Conservation with Energy Development

Natural Gas, Oil Industry Criticizes Biden Plan to Balance Conservation with Energy Development

Five of the nation’s top natural gas and oil trade groups are rejecting calls to overhaul how Lower 48 land is leased for energy development by pairing it with conservation concerns. The Conservation and Landscape Health Rule (CLH) proposal by the Biden administration would allow the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to “protect intact landscapes,…

July 12, 2023