The Navajo Nation Takes a Hit for Biden’s Climate Policies
By Lincoln Brown 11:57 AM on September 20, 2022
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/li...licies-n1630774


Yes, oil prices are slightly down, but that is only because Joe Biden continues to dip into the dwindling supply in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. So you can expect the average price at the pump, which even as it now stands is still much higher than you paid before Biden’s ascent, to spike again.

While it would run counter to the environmental partners of the administration, the solution would be to extract more energy from the land under our feet. That means drilling for natural gas and oil. And if one believes the mainstream media, one would think that the people of the nation have cried out in unison to halt drilling and projects such as the Dakota Access Pipeline. And politicians and activists both abroad and at home are all too happy to save the planet, even at the expense of average people everywhere.

I have long said that if government decisions haven’t hit you yet, don’t worry, the government will get around to it sooner or later. And now, it has gotten around to members of the Navajo Nation.

Fox News reports that the administration is getting ready to finalize a rule from the Department of the Interior that would create a 20-year moratorium on oil and gas leasing in a 10-mile radius of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The moratorium was announced in 2021. Some 336,000 acres would be off-limits to exploration and extraction and came at the behest of some tribes, Democratic politicians, and environmental activists. While this is good news for the Patagonia and North Face set, it is not good news for tribal members who own royalties on those lands.

Delora Hesuse is a member of the Navajo Nation who heads up a group of people who have owned the land for generations from an allotment from the federal government itself. That land is leased to the oil and gas companies. The Biden rule would prohibit resource development on the land, which means the tribal members who own it will not be able to collect royalties from that activity. Heuse said to Fox News, “We’re not destroying anything — we are Native Americans ourselves. Nobody is destroying the park…oil companies sure aren’t destroying the park. And they have new technology…It just seems like [the administration is] listening more to the environmentalist people.”

Keep in mind that the land in question is not in the park. It is around the park. It is private land, not public land. I remember environmentalists making this argument when I lived in oil and gas country. At the time, their gripe was that they did not want to hike a trail or take a river trip and see any evidence of energy activity, no matter how small or distant. And of course, this dovetails nicely with the idea of preventing climate change, forcing people to drive EVs, and the Paris Accords.-- excerpt, rest at link above --