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The Department of the Interior announced Friday that it will resume planning for the issuance of leases for oil and gas drilling on federal lands.
The move comes two days after a federal appeals court decision temporarily allowing the agency to use the Biden administration's increased social cost of carbon, or SCC, in its decision-making process for leasing.
With this ruling, the Department continues its planning for responsible oil and gas development on America’s public lands and waters,” Interior Department spokeswoman Melissa Schwartz said in a statement, per Bloomberg. “Calculating the social cost of greenhouse gas emissions provides important information that has been part of the foundation of the work the Interior Department has undertaken over the past year.”
The department did not specify when it would begin issuing new leases and permits. Prior to the February court ruling blocking the administration from using the increased SCC figure, the department's Bureau of Land Management had been preparing for lease sales in several states, according to Reuters.
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The move comes two days after a federal appeals court decision temporarily allowing the agency to use the Biden administration's increased social cost of carbon, or SCC, in its decision-making process for leasing.
With this ruling, the Department continues its planning for responsible oil and gas development on America’s public lands and waters,” Interior Department spokeswoman Melissa Schwartz said in a statement, per Bloomberg. “Calculating the social cost of greenhouse gas emissions provides important information that has been part of the foundation of the work the Interior Department has undertaken over the past year.”
The department did not specify when it would begin issuing new leases and permits. Prior to the February court ruling blocking the administration from using the increased SCC figure, the department's Bureau of Land Management had been preparing for lease sales in several states, according to Reuters.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...-oil-and-gas-drilling-leases-on-federal-lands