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Related: About this forumZinke Unveils Massive Overhaul of Energy & Environmental Policies
(CN) Virtually all federal energy policies will be overhauled, as will burdensome environmental protections, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke said this week in a report on how he will streamline domestic energy production.
The 44-page Final Report: Review of the Department of the Interior Actions that Potentially Burden Domestic Energy was released Wednesday. It takes broad swipes at the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, fracking regulations, Arctic oil and coal mining rules, and outlines a number of Secretarial Orders Zinke has signed or will sign.
Among the findings in the report is that the National Environmental Policy Act impedes domestic development of coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy. Accordingly, Zinke said, he has signed Secretarial Order 3358, to establish the Executive Committee for Expedited Planning.
The Department of Interior oversees energy development on federal lands and waters, which generates roughly $10 billion a year, according to the report. The Energy Burdens Report is the Interior Departments response to President Trumps Executive Order 13783. The report outlines the Trump Administrations bold approach to achieving American energy dominance, Zinkes office said in a statement.
https://www.courthousenews.com/zinke-unveils-massive-overhaul-energy-environmental-policies/
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Our children will be left with nothing unless you have lots of money to see very little left of the beauties this country has to offer. I guess the 1920s thru now of SiFi shows and movies depicting waste land as human's future will be coming forward. Please let this nightmare be over.
underpants
(182,901 posts)They've done a good job of using verbiage to cover that up for years but after the complete collapse during the W years they've pulled back the curtain and revealed themselves.
kacekwl
(7,022 posts)and what accounts to send them to. Drain the swamp and make America great again .