Voices Against the Biden Ban
Bipartisan voices across the West have sounded against the detrimental ban to leasing that President Biden has imposed. Governors, Members of Congress, county commissioners. state agencies, other policymakers and stakeholders from both sides of the aisle recognize that killing livelihoods and economic opportunity in the West is not good fiscal or climate change policy. Below are some of those voices."
| 6/16/2021 - Letter by 126 Local Chambers of Commerce, Various States |
5/5/2021 - Editorial by Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce President Ernie C'deBaca, New Mexico
Albuquerque Journal Editorial
Albuquerque Journal Editorial
4/16/2021 - House Natural Resources Republican Forum, "Where's the Jobs?"
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Watch on YouTube
4/13/2021 - Presentation by Mayor Dave Noerr of Taft, CA, on Benefits to Kern County, California
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Watch City Council Meeting
| 03/15/21 - Letter by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico |
| 03/02/21 - Letter by Senators Heinrich and Lujan, New Mexico |
| 03/01/21 - Letter by the Western Governors Association, Oregon and Idaho |
02/26/21 - Congressional Western Caucus Panel: Threatening Energy Security & The Economy, Wyoming and Texas
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02/25/21 - Congressional Western Caucus Panel: Devastating Rural Communities with Local Officials, Utah and New Mexico
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Watch on Facebook
02/22/21 - Letter by the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming
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| 02/22/21 - Resolution by Duchesne County Commissioners, Utah |
| 02/16/21 - Letter by State Superintendents of Schools from Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana, Alaska, and Utah |
| 02/12/21 - Editorial by Wyoming County Commissioners Association |
| 02/09/21 - Letter by Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department Sec. Sarah Cottrell Propst, New Mexico |
| 02/04/21 - Letter by Sen. Barrasso, Wyoming |
| 01/28/21 - Letter by Carlsbad New Mexico Mayor Dale, New Mexico |
01/26/21 - Podcast with Indian Affairs Commissioner Scott Davis, North Dakota
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Listen to the Plain Talk Podcast
| 01/27/21 - Letter from House Democratic Oil and Gas Caucus, Texas |
| 01/21/21 - Letter by Ute Indian Tribe, Utah |
