Press Releases

DENVER – Following a record $4 billion sale of federal oil and natural gas leases by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Western Energy Alliance today applauded Trump Administration for delivering on its commitment to unleash American energy.

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance today applauded the confirmation of Steve Pearce as the director of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management by the U.S. Senate.

DENVER – Legislation to support federal employees working on oil and natural gas approvals in Bureau of Land Management offices across the West took a major step forward today.

DENVER – Following an announcement by the U.S. Department of the Interior that it is rescinding the Bureau of Land Management’s Conservation and Landscape Heath Rule from 2024, Western Energy Alliance President Melissa Simpson offered the following remarks:

Press Release Western Energy Alliance Applauds Trump Budget Proposal to Renew Conservation Fund April 9, 2026 DENVER – Western Energy Alliance this week welcomed President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget proposal calling on Congress to reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF), a critical conservation program funded by energy revenues that…

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance today praised the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for strong first-quarter oil and natural gas lease sale results in Colorado and Utah.

DENVER – A coalition of oil and natural gas trade associations today voiced their strong support for President Trump’s nomination of Steve Pearce to be the director of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

DENVER – Following the launch of a new public lands initiative by the Trump Administration’s Make America Beautiful Again (MABA) Commission, Western Energy Alliance today weighed in with support of proposals to advance energy development and conservation.

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance today applauded the Department of the Interior’s leadership and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for announcing a draft rule to implement the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act’s (OBBB) provisions on commingling.

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance today applauded the U.S. House for advancing meaningful bipartisan permitting reforms by passing the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act).