How would phasing out
U.S. federal leases for fossil fuel extraction affect CO2 emissions and 2 °C goals?.
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In April, Trump signed the America First Offshore Energy Executive Order instructing Zinke to revise the current five - year schedule for
leasing blocks of the
U.S. outer continental shelf, the waters off the
U.S. shore that the
federal government governs.
In theory, the
U.S. Department of the Interior, through its Bureau of Land Management, is supposed to auction mining
leases to
federal lands to the highest bidder.
Release of the master plan comes as the
federal government, even as it forges ahead on offshore wind
leases, also has released plans to open nearly the entire
U.S. coastline to oil and gas drilling.
The South Buffalo Democrat says while the former courthouse is vacant, the GSA is wasting money locally
leasing space in private buildings for
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the
U.S. Trustees, the
Federal Defender and
U.S. Tax Court.
What's next for offshore wind developers partly depends on any changes the Trump administration makes to the
federal government's policy on
leasing and permitting for wind farms, said Fara Courtney, an independent offshore wind consultant and founder of the
U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative.
The
federal government designates wind energy development areas off of all
U.S. coastlines and
leases those areas to private developers.
The
U.S. temporarily halts coal
leasing on
federal lands to reassess its policy in light of global warming
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Meantime, he should phase out taxpayer subsidies over which the Administration has some control — for example, increasing the fossil industry cost - share for
federal research and development and bringing
U.S. royalty and
lease rates up to the levels charged by other nations.
Federal coal
leasing accounts for about 40 percent of total
U.S. coal production.
The
federal leases would expand the existing Caballo and Belle Ayr strip mines, already the sixth and ninth largest coal mines in the
U.S., respectively.
Also newsworthy is the Trump Administration's capricious process for public participation and comment on the release of a draft 5 - year plan for outer continental shelf offshore drilling in
U.S. federal waters, including Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's back - and - forth exemption of Florida and the inclusion of Arctic
leases.
This paper examines the implications for
U.S. fossil fuel production and global CO2 emissions of ceasing to issue new
federal leases for fossil fuel extraction and not renewing existing
leases for resources that are not yet producing.
The groups, represented by Western Environmental Law Center and Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit in
federal district court challenging the
U.S. Bureau of Land Management's decision to approve 287 oil and gas
leases totaling almost 150,000 acres in south central, north central, and southeastern Montana.
The Obama administration this week announced a moratorium on new coal
leases on
federal land while it conducts a sweeping review of the coal program administered by the
U.S. Department of Interior, examining the terms under which the coal is sold and environmental impacts associated with extracting and burning it.
Grounded Ending new
federal fossil fuel
leasing would be the most significant climate action undertaken by any
U.S. president — and Barack Obama has the power to do it.
This article examines the emissions implications of a cessation of new
leases for fossil fuel extraction on
U.S. federal lands and waters.
The
U.S. Model is working and will continue to work with policies that foster access to energy reserves for safe and responsible development, fair and efficient
leasing and permitting policies on
federal lands and a common - sense approach to regulation that doesn't pile on unnecessary layers of
federal regulation that could chill energy investment.
In July 2014, the District of New Jersey
federal court dismissed in its entirety Maher's complaint, which had alleged that the fees and charges Maher pays pursuant to its
lease violate the Tonnage Clause of the
U.S. Constitution, as well as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1884 and the Water Resources Development Act.
Lead - Based Paint Disclosure —
Federal law, 42
U.S. Code § 4852d, requiring all residences built before 1978 to have this document attached to the
lease and signed by the tenants.
Some examples of net -
lease tenants are: Walgreens, Arby's, Sherwin Williams Paint, Staples,
U.S. Government, Hollywood Video, Taco Bell, Checker Auto Parts, Goodyear Tire, Barnes and Noble, Radio Shack, Microsoft, Circuit City, PetsMart, Jiffy Lube, Carl's Jr., Gart Brothers, HomeBase,
Federal Express, Hartford Insurance Co., Applebees, and Marie Calendars.