Politico: Interior Proposes Closing Nearly 1.6M Colorado Acres to Oil Drilling
Reaction: Mallori Miller, vice president of government relations for the Independent Petroleum Association of America trade association, called the proposal “incredibly concerning.”
“To the detriment of Coloradans and the American people, the Biden Administration continues its push to stop oil and natural gas development on federal lands,” Miller said in an emailed statement. “This move, which will drastically slash the number of wells, will have negative impacts for local economies and create unnecessary job losses as well as harm state and local revenues as royalties from production on federal lands are split between the U.S. Treasury and the state.”