{"id":2011400,"date":"2023-08-24T21:06:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T01:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-blocks-millions-of-acres-to-oil-and-gas-drilling\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T21:08:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T01:08:18","slug":"biden-admin-blocks-millions-of-acres-to-oil-and-gas-drilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-blocks-millions-of-acres-to-oil-and-gas-drilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration halts oil and gas drilling on vast lands."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-blocks-millions-of-acres-to-oil-and-gas-drilling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2011400&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Biden Administration Protects Rare\u200b Whale\u2062 Habitat, Blocks Oil and\u2062 Gas Lease Sale<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden administration \u2063has taken a significant step in protecting the environment by blocking off millions of acres of federal waters from a\u2064 planned oil and gas\u2063 lease sale. This decision comes after reaching a settlement with environmental groups over \u200bhabitat protections for a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jules-this-is-brian-a-visit-to-new-york-citys-9-11-museum\/\" title=\"\u2018Jules, This is Brian\u2019: A Visit to New York City\u2019s 9\/11 Museum\">rare species<\/a> of whale.<\/p>\n<p>The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced \u200con August 23rd that it will offer around \u200b67 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unity-biden-cant-even-keep-his-own-party-together-after-executive-orders\/\" title=\"Unity? Biden Can\u2019t Even Keep His Own Party Together After Executive Orders\">gas drilling<\/a>\u200b as part of Lease\u200d Sale 261. However, this is\u200d approximately \u200d9\u2063 percent, or 6.4\u200d million acres, less than \u2062BOEM&#8217;s \u200boriginal proposal. The reduction in\u200b acreage is a \u2064result\u2062 of the settlement with environmental groups, \u2062which temporarily pauses ongoing litigation over environmental protections in the Gulf of Mexico. In exchange for this pause,\u200b the habitat of Rice&#8217;s \u2063whale will be excluded from any lease sales.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related\u2064 Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/behind-the-push-for-electric-vehicles-green-energy-david-blackmon-5479335\">Behind the \u2064Push for Electric Vehicles, Green Energy: David Blackmon<\/a><br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/23\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/california-landscapers-worried-about-green-energy-transition-5478835\">California Landscapers\u2062 Worried\u200c About \u200dGreen\u200b Energy Transition<\/a><br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/23\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This decision has been praised\u2064 by environmental groups, who see it as a crucial step in protecting\u200d the habitat of the rare whale. However, representatives of the \u2062oil and gas industry have criticized the exclusions, calling them &#8220;unfounded&#8221; and claiming that they will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-blocks-millions-of-acres-to-oil-and-gas-drilling\/\" title=\"Biden Administration halts oil and gas drilling on vast lands.\">unnecessarily hinder domestic energy production<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even some \u2062lawmakers have\u2062 voiced their objections \u200bto the exclusions. Senator\u2064 Joe Manchin, chairman\u2064 of the Senate Energy\u200d and Natural Resources Committee, expressed\u2064 his concerns about the administration prioritizing \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressives-push-biden-to-include-10-trillion-climate-plan-in-infrastructure-package\/\" title=\"Progressives Push Biden to Include  Trillion Climate Plan in Infrastructure Package\">radical environmentalists<\/a> over American energy security and the impact on American families.<\/p>\n<div id=\"press\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis Administration continues to kowtow\u200d to radical environmentalists at the expense of American energy security and\u200c costs to American families,&#8221; said Mr. Manchin in a statement obtained by \u2063The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>not offer any tracts in the Gulf of Mexico&#8217;s Western Planning Area. This decision aims to safeguard the endangered Bryde&#8217;s whale and its critical habitat. The Biden administration&#8217;s move reflects its commitment to environmental conservation and marks a significant step towards protecting vulnerable marine species and their ecosystems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":2011401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2011400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2011400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2011401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2011400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2011400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}