Biden's ... stopping all drilling on federal lands contributed significantly to the shortage and price increase of crude oil.
Oil companies submit an
Application for Permit to Drill (APD) for approval by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to drill on public lands.
• During his first
week in office, Biden issued an executive order instructing the Interior Department to
pause all new lease sales on public lands and waters while it reviewed how to adjust the program.
• During Biden's first
year in office the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved an average of 333 drilling permits per month. Trump's first year in office, BLM approved an average of 245 drilling permits per month.
• The Biden administration approved 3,557 permits for oil and gas drilling on public lands in its first year. The Trump administration’s first-year total was 2,658.
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Here's a map of the 3,557 oil and gas drilling permits issued in Biden's first year•
https://news.yahoo.com/why-biden-is-approving-public-lands-oil-drilling-permits-faster-than-trump-did-and-angering-environmentalistsWhy Biden is approving public lands oil drilling permits faster than Trump did — and angering environmentalistsYahoo News - December 7, 2021 · 7 min read
The Biden administration has issued more permits for oil and gas drilling on public land per month than the Trump administration did in its first three years, according to a new analysis of federal data.
The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen found that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved an average of 333 drilling permits per month since Biden took office earlier this year. By comparison, in 2017, Trump's first year in office, BLM approved an average of 245 drilling permits per month. In 2018 and 2019, BLM also approved fewer than 300 permits per month, but monthly permits jumped to 452 in 2020 as fossil fuel companies stocked up on them in anticipation of an administration less supportive of drilling.
The industry’s fears were apparently unfounded. The high number of drilling permits issued under Biden concerns government watchdogs who complain that fossil fuel extraction on public land worsens climate change and shortchanges taxpayers — as the Department of Interior (DOI) itself found in a recent report.
“Without aggressive government action, the fossil fuel industry will continue creating enormous amounts of climate-destroying pollution exploiting lands owned by the public,” said Alan Zibel, a Public Citizen researcher and the author of the study, released on Monday.