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Tax bill passed by House Republicans would gut Biden-era clean energy tax credits
Read full article: Tax bill passed by House Republicans would gut Biden-era clean energy tax creditsThe budget reconciliation bill passed by House Republicans early Thursday would gut clean energy tax credits that Democrats approved three years ago.
Biden's public lands director named to lead environmental group
Read full article: Biden's public lands director named to lead environmental groupA senior official in President Joe Biden’s administration who oversaw its contentious efforts to address climate change by curbing drilling and mining on federal lands has been named the next president of a prominent environmental group.
Biden plan to sell land leases for conservation gets pushback
Read full article: Biden plan to sell land leases for conservation gets pushbackMore than a century after the U.S. started selling oil leases on public lands, the Biden administration is seeking to let conservationists lease government property to restore it.
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US to gauge climate damage from federal oil and gas sales
Read full article: US to gauge climate damage from federal oil and gas salesU.S. government regulators for the first time will analyze greenhouse gas emissions from federal oil and gas lease sales on a national scale as the Biden administration steps up efforts to address climate change.
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Senate approves Biden land-agency pick over GOP opposition
Read full article: Senate approves Biden land-agency pick over GOP oppositionA bitterly divided Senate has approved President Joe Biden’s choice to oversee vast government-owned lands in the West, despite Republican objections that she is an "eco-terrorist.'.
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Retired investigator: Biden nominee stonewalled 1989 probe
Read full article: Retired investigator: Biden nominee stonewalled 1989 probeA former federal law enforcement officer is alleging that President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee U.S. lands in the Western states stonewalled a 1989 investigation into the sabotage of an Idaho timber sale.
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Biden nominee linked to 1989 sabotage draws Republican ire
Read full article: Biden nominee linked to 1989 sabotage draws Republican irePresident Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee federal lands in the U.S. West is facing Republican pressure to withdraw over her ties to environmental activists convicted of spiking trees to sabotage a national forest timber sale more than 30 years ago.
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Biden nominee for public lands boss faces GOP opposition
Read full article: Biden nominee for public lands boss faces GOP oppositionPresident Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee vast expanses of public land in the U.S. West is being criticized by Republicans because of her involvement in partisan politics as a longtime Democratic aide and environmentalist.
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Biden halts oil and gas leases on US land, water for 60 days
Read full article: Biden halts oil and gas leases on US land, water for 60 daysIn the closing months of the Trump administration, energy companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years. That stands to undercut President-elect Joe Biden's plans to block new drilling on public lands to address climate change. Its effect could be further blunted by companies that stockpiled enough drilling permits in Trump's final months to allow them to keep pumping oil and gas for years. Oil and gas extracted from public lands and waters account for about a quarter of annual U.S. production. But there are other ways an ambitious Biden administration could make it harder for permit holders to extract oil and gas.