Reading between the lines, some see the president's statement as a signal that the administration will try to push through reforms to
federal leasing programs for oil, gas and coal on public lands.
Congress questions
the federal leasing programs Yesterday, Democratic Reps. Alan Lowenthal of California and Raúl Grijalva of Arizona introduced legislation that would raise the rate oil and gas companies pay for leasing public lands to «ensure that the American people are being fairly compensated for the extraction of resources on public lands.»
During that time, the Interior Department — the part of the administration responsible for
the federal leasing program — has put a halt on new federal coal leases, with a few exceptions.
Not exact matches
But the
Federal Reserve recently wrote a white paper advocating so called deed - for -
lease programs as a way to help the housing market and alleviate the foreclosure crisis.
After the disaster and criminal charges, representatives of various tribal nations stepped into the legal fray, filing a
federal lawsuit last March against Ray and those who run the Angel Valley Retreat Center, where he had
leased land for his
program.
, who called on the Government Accountability Office to look into the
federal coal
leasing program in 2012, said, «Leading on climate change means leading by example in how we manage the oil, gas and coal resources that belong to the American people.»
He'll have plenty of support: Interior Secretary nominee Ryan Zinke, who would oversee the
federal coal
leasing program, has a long history of support for coal mining on public lands.
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.
The scientists are asking Obama to go even further and fully remove the Beaufort and Chukchi seas from the
federal government's Outer Continental Shelf
Leasing Program, which governs offshore oil
leasing through 2022.
Facility Planning Navigating the Zoning; Land Use and Permitting Process; Acquiring Facilities; Facility Master Planning; District Facility Options; Prop 39, Alternative Agreements and Surplus Property; SB 740; Charter School Facilities Financing; Hiring and Working with Brokers and Other Real Estate Professionals; Negotiating
Leases; State and
Federal Facilities
Programs; Charters and School Districts Working Together on Local School Bond
Programs
In addition to the activities described above, the FAST Act expanded eligible purposes to include financing economic development, including commercial and residential development, and related infrastructure and activities, that (i) incorporate private investment, (ii) is physically or functionally related to a passenger rail station or multimodal station that includes rail service, (iii) has a high probability of the applicant commencing the contracting process for construction not later than 90 days after the date on which the RRIF loan or loan guarantee is obligated, and (iv) has a high probability of reducing the need for financial assistance under any other
Federal program for the relevant passenger rail station or service by increasing ridership, tenant
lease payments, or other activities that generate revenue exceeding costs (Transit - Oriented Development Projects or TOD Projects).
Portland - based TriMet is one of 20 agencies to receive funding in this latest round of
federal grants to buy or lease low - emission or no - emission buses from the Federal Transit Administration's Low or No Emission Vehicle P
federal grants to buy or
lease low - emission or no - emission buses from the
Federal Transit Administration's Low or No Emission Vehicle P
Federal Transit Administration's Low or No Emission Vehicle
Program.
The
leasing program includes the
federal tax credit and requires $ 1,730 down plus tax, registration, and other fees.
It also does not take into account the considerable operating and capital
lease liabilities, deferred maintenance, or liabilities for the GSEs, and other lending guarantee
programs of the
federal government.
The discovery comes with the
federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) nearing completion of its new five - year offshore
leasing program, which will blueprint
federal lease sales from 2017 - 2022.
Federal analyses of the
program showed that taxpayers got far less in royalties than they should have, thanks to tax loopholes and lax
leasing terms.
She began working with Greenpeace in 2008 on
federal climate legislation and has since worked on reforming
federal fossil fuel
leasing programs and fighting new infrastructure projects around the United States.
Other
programs that provide economic support for coal include
federal and state tax breaks, the Rural Utilities Service loan guarantee
program, research on new combustion technologies by the Department of Energy, and the Department of the Interior's coal
leasing program.
After years of hearing from you, the Interior Department will begin a massive overhaul of the
federal coal
program, including a halt on most new
federal coal
leasing.
With the Obama administration's decision not to include the Atlantic in the next
federal offshore
leasing program, let's connect some dots that put this unfortunate decision in a fuller context — one where the administration is choosing retreat instead of progress with its energy strategy.
And she listened — in March 2015, she called for an «open and honest conversation to modernize the
federal coal
leasing program.»
«BLM's
federal coal
leasing program has a massive impact on our climate and public health, affecting the waters we use, the air we breathe, and the wild areas we enjoy,» said Roger Singer, Senior Organizing Manager with the Sierra Club in Colorado.
With its Smart from the Start
leasing program, the
federal government's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management hopes to avoid that controversy: the 2,400 square miles set to be auctioned off for wind development later in 2012 are located at least 10 miles from shore, on the Outer Continental Shelf off the East Coast.
The Obama administration took a step in the right direction when it announced a major overhaul of the
federal coal
program in 2016, a change that includes a moratorium on new coal
leases on public land.
The proposed regulations,
lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, and stipulations for the
leasing program under this subtitle shall require compliance with all applicable provisions of
Federal and State environmental law, and shall also require the following:
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.
Participating Houses of Worship also get significant cost savings through a 30 %
federal rebate
program and by
leasing - to - own the PV system.
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.
That's why it's critically important for robust planning now, starting with the government's 2017 - 2022 offshore oil and natural gas
leasing program that's currently being put together by
federal officials.
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.
This question is especially important in light of a recent
federal court ruling, which blocked plans to expand a coal mine in Colorado because of the failure of the
federal coal
leasing program to properly consider the
federal government's social cost of carbon figures and climate change impacts.
Another problem with the
federal coal
leasing program is that Bureau of Land Management officials have failed to comprehend or adjust to the US coal mining industry's efforts to increase exports of publicly owned coal.
The
federal coal
leasing program amounts to a major fossil fuel subsidy, favoring coal at the expense of cleaner forms of generating electricity.A recent
federal court ruling rejected BLM's argument that increasing the supply of coal would not increase carbon pollution, in part because coal competes with cleaner methods of generating electricity.
The Bureau of Land Management has not adjusted to the US coal mining industry's efforts to increase exports of publicly owned coal.The US coal mining industry is openly aiming to increase exports of publicly owned coal, and the
federal coal
leasing program has been faulted by multiple government audits for ignoring exports when determining the «fair market value» of
leased coal.
The United States»
federal coal
leasing program has come under increased scrutiny in recent years, as communities impacted by coal mining and export proposals, taxpayer advocates, and environmental groups have questioned the ability of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to ensure a fair return to US taxpayers and adjust to newer challenges such as climate change and coal export proposals.
Without major changes, the
federal coal
leasing program will continue to undermine
federal, state, and international efforts to reduce carbon pollution; the BLM Wyoming office plans to
lease over 10 billion tons of coal in the coming years, dwarfing the emissions reductions expected from the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.
The
federal coal
leasing program is the source of 40 % of US coal extraction, with major impacts on coal markets and carbon pollution.
The
federal coal
leasing program amounts to a major fossil fuel subsidy, favoring coal at the expense of cleaner forms of generating electricity.
The role of the
federal coal
leasing program in increasing the supply of coal and carbon pollution was highlighted by a recent
federal court ruling, which blocked Arch Coal's plan to expand a mine in Colorado.
As we've seen, the cheap coal made available by the
federal coal
leasing program has encouraged increased coal consumption in the United States for decades, at the expense of cleaner forms of energy.
But despite the major impacts of the
federal coal
leasing program on the price of coal and carbon pollution, it has been largely administered by state BLM offices, with minimal oversight from the Interior Department, much less the White House.
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.
R&D for renewable energy, de-funding the EPA Energy Star
program, ignoring the Social Cost of Carbon, renewing
leasing / sale of coal on
Federal lands without regard to whether the coal companies are paying a reasonable price, threatening to open more
Federal lands to fossil fuel extraction... the list goes on.
The
federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is scheduled to hold a public hearing today in Wilmington, N.C., on its draft five - year offshore oil and natural gas
leasing program.
David also counsels lenders on
federal and Florida law when they establish housing finance
programs, auto finance and
leasing and other consumer loan
programs.
Section 8 is a
federal housing
program that gives subsidies to landlords when they
lease housing to eligible low - income tenants.