Sentences with phrase «coal leasing review»

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As Montana's only representative in the House, Zinke has also been a strong supporter of Montana coal and has expressed concern over a three - year leasing moratorium and programmatic review of the federal coal program undertaken this year by Interior.

It comes as the Trump administration is moving to reverse actions taken at the end of the Obama administration to review the coal leasing program on climate and economic grounds.

In January 2016 the US Secretary of the Interior announced a moratorium on new coal leasing on public lands pending completion of a comprehensive review.

Last month, the Obama Administration announced that it was stopping new coal leases on federal lands, pending a review of how royalties are calculated.

The order will require the Interior Department to lift a moratorium on the sale of new coal leases on federal land, and compel a review of regulations designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

It was not immediately clear Monday whether Trump's Interior Department would continue a broad review of the federal coal leasing program even as it restarts sales; that analysis is already about a third complete, with regulators unveiling a broad blueprint of possible changes earlier this year.

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.

Here's his website: «We will end the war on coal, and rescind the coal mining lease moratorium... and conduct a top - down review of all anti-coal regulations issued by the Obama Administration.»

A moratorium and comprehensive review of the federal coal leasing program is needed to ensure that it does not continue undermining President Obama's Climate Action Plan.

However, the IG and GAO reviews fell far short of a comprehensive review of the coal leasing program, and did not attempt to calculate the total amount of taxpayer revenue that has been lost.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and others in the Obama administration should take the President's call to climate action seriously, beginning with a moratorium and comprehensive review of the federal coal leasing program, including its role in fueling the climate crisis.