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The American Gas Association (AGA) called the plan of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to electrify all new or recently renovated federal buildings “impractical, unscientific and expensive.” Earlier this month, the Biden administration unveiled its Federal Building Performance Standard (BPS), which aims to achieve “zero” direct on-site emissions, aka Scope 1 emissions, in 30%…

The Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to hold a lease sale on June 28 for 23 federally owned parcels spanning nearly 3,406 acres in Montana and North Dakota. The sale notice issued by BLM’s Montana/Dakotas state office is part of a larger plan announced at the federal level to…

Canada’s natural gas, oil and coal mining corporations have reduced exploration and development expenses since 2014 because of economic factors and policy changes, which in turn has cut into annual federal tax revenue, the country’s government watchdog said in a new report.  The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), similar to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, reviewed…

The U.S. Interior Department ceased new oil and gas lease sales on federal lands and offshore through at least June as officials this week extended a review of the program’s impact on climate change. Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said it is “exercising its discretion to not hold lease sales” through the second quarter.…

The oil and natural gas industry reacted favorably to the Trump administration’s delivery on a promise to reduce environmental oversight of U.S. waters by issuing final rules Thursday that are certain to draw litigation.

The oil and natural gas industry reacted favorably to the Trump administration’s delivery on a promise to reduce environmental oversight of U.S. waters by issuing final rules Thursday that are certain to draw litigation.

The U.S. government has missed out on billions of dollars of revenue from overly generous and outdated terms for oil and gas leases on federal land in Colorado, according to a report by the Taxpayers for Common Sense advocacy group.

The Department of Interior (DOI) said last Thursday it disbursed $11.69 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2019 from energy production revenue collected on federal and American Indian-owned lands and offshore areas, a $2.76 billion (31%) increase compared with FY2018.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to open 683,000 acres on federal lands in California to oil and natural gas drilling following a recent record of decision (ROD).