Haaland Reverses Trump Oil, Gas Policy; ‘Climate Change’ Priority of Interior Dept.
https://www.breitbart.com/environment/20...-interior-dept/
Joel B. Pollak
16 Apr 2021

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced Friday that she was reversing former President Donald Trump’s policy promoting fossil fuel development on federal lands, and making climate change the priority in department decisions.

Under Trump’s policy, the U.S. came the world’s top oil producer and achieved energy independence, a long-sought goal. The energy industry boomed, helping to drive rapid economic growth, even as greenhouse gas emissions actually declined.

The Associated Press reported:

The orders revoke Trump-era directives that boosted coal, oil CL00, -0.63% and gas NG00, +1.13%leasing on federal lands and promoted what Trump called “energy dominance” in the United States. Haaland also rescinded a Trump administration order intended to increase oil drilling in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve.

Haaland called the orders by her predecessors, Ryan Zinke and David Bernhardt, “inconsistent with the department’s commitment to protect public health; conserve land, water, and wildlife; and elevate science.”

Collectively, the previous orders “tilted the balance of public land and ocean management without regard for climate change, equity or community engagement,” Haaland said.-- excerpt, rest at link above --

Quote: Magwitch wrote in post #2

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Under Trump the US was energy independent, a net exporter. Biden and the Dems need the US to be dependent on oil exporting countries who hate us.

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Quote: Sanguine wrote in post #1

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...making climate change the priority in department decisions.

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