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Alliance President to Testify on Costs of the Biden Ban

4/26/2021

 
​DENVER – Western Energy Alliance President Kathleen Sgamma will testify at a hearing on the Department of the Interior’s onshore oil and natural gas leasing program before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Sgamma will discuss how President Biden’s Executive Order stopping the federal leasing program is contrary to the Administration’s environmental, economic, and justice priorities. The hearing will take place Tuesday, April 27th at 10:00 a.m. ET and is available on the committee’s website.

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Alliance President to Testify on Sustaining Rural Economies

4/19/2021

 
​DENVER – Western Energy Alliance President Kathleen Sgamma will testify at a hearing titled An Economy that Works For Everyone: Investing in Rural Communities before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Sgamma will discuss how President Biden’s Executive Orders stopping the Keystone XL pipeline and federal leasing will quickly kill 147,500 jobs and $15.8 billion in economic activity. The virtual hearing will take place Tuesday, April 20th at 10:00 a.m. ET on the committee’s website.

​​“The American oil and natural gas industry is proud to be an integral part of an economy that works for everyone. We generate $1.3 trillion in economic activity annually, and sustain 10.3 million American jobs, both directly and indirectly. A large portion of the direct jobs are in rural communities,” said Sgamma.

Remarks by Senators

Sen. Pat Toomey (PA) opens hearing with a strong defense of supporting rural communities through oil and natural gas production.

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Biden Ban Risks Future Conservation Funding

4/13/2021

 
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​DENVER – Interior Secretary Deb Haaland recently announced $1.6 billion for maintenance and repairs at national parks and other public lands under the new Great American Outdoors Act. However, the country could see a significant reduction in conservation funding in the future because President Biden is risking the program’s largest source of revenues: oil and natural gas production on public lands.
 
“The investment Sec. Haaland announced for America’s national parks is not possible without oil and natural gas production on federal lands, which provides practically all the funding,” said Kathleen Sgamma, president of Western Energy Alliance. “Yet she and the president are on a path to eliminate the very source of revenue that underwrites the conservation program. By banning new leasing and embarking on policies to make development on existing leases prohibitive, the federal government will soon struggle to pay for public lands conservation. The policies that are the hallmark of the first 100 days are, paradoxically, a good way to ensure the massive backlog of maintenance at national parks remains into the future. Besides killing up to 58,676 oil and natural gas related jobs annually, the president’s ban threatens over 108,000 long-term jobs fixing national park infrastructure.”


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Colorado Receives $38 Million for Conservation, But Biden Ban Risks Future Funds

4/13/2021

 
​DENVER – Interior Secretary Deb Haaland recently announced Rocky Mountain National Park and other public lands across Colorado will receive $38.1 million for maintenance and repairs under the new Great American Outdoors Act. However, the state could see a significant reduction in conservation funding in the future because President Biden is risking the program’s largest source of revenues: oil and natural gas production on public lands.
 
“The investment Sec. Haaland announced for America’s national parks is not possible without oil and natural gas production on federal lands, which provides practically all the funding,” said Kathleen Sgamma, president of Western Energy Alliance. “Yet she and the president are on a path to eliminate the very source of revenue that underwrites the conservation program. By banning new leasing and embarking on policies to make development on existing leases prohibitive, the federal government will soon struggle to pay for public lands conservation. The policies that are the hallmark of the first 100 days are, paradoxically, a good way to ensure the massive backlog of maintenance at national parks remains into the future. Besides killing up to 58,676 oil and natural gas related jobs annually, the president’s ban threatens over 108,000 long-term jobs fixing national park infrastructure.”

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North Dakota Receives $38 Million for Conservation, But Biden Ban Risks Future Funds

4/13/2021

 
DENVER – Interior Secretary Deb Haaland recently announced Theodore Roosevelt National Park will receive $38.3 million for maintenance and repairs under the new Great American Outdoors Act. However, North Dakota could see a significant reduction in public lands conservation funding in the future because President Biden is risking the program’s largest source of revenues: oil and natural gas production on public lands.
 
“The investment Sec. Haaland announced for America’s national parks is not possible without oil and natural gas production on federal lands, which provides practically all the funding,” said Kathleen Sgamma, president of Western Energy Alliance. “Yet she and the president are on a path to eliminate the very source of revenue that underwrites the conservation program. By banning new leasing and embarking on policies to make development on existing leases prohibitive, the federal government will soon struggle to pay for public lands conservation. The policies that are the hallmark of the first 100 days are, paradoxically, a good way to ensure the massive backlog of maintenance at national parks remains into the future. Besides killing up to 58,676 oil and natural gas related jobs annually, the president’s ban threatens over 108,000 long-term jobs fixing national park infrastructure.”

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