Open up oil and gas leasing across the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska?

Environment and Energy
Congressional disapproval relating to “National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision” (S.J. Res. 80)
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Bill Summary

This joint resolution is a proposal to overturn a rule from the Bureau of Land Management under the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to cancel recent agency rules. The Bureau of Land Management rule is titled the “National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision,” which restricts oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) on Alaska’s North Slope. Sponsor: Sen. Dan Sullivan (Republican, Alaska)
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Opponents say

•    "Rolling back the Western Arctic’s Integrated Activity Plan is a terrible move for the management of our public lands, which future generations of Alaskans will need to survive and sustain our ways of life. Congressional Republicans should not be tipping the scales in favor of big oil companies and against wildlife and subsistence food needs. Politicians with no understanding of our rural communities are dictating that our shared public lands should be exploited, stealing the freedom of Tribes and local communities to shape their futures." Source: Matt Jackson, Alaska Senior Director at The Wilderness Society


•    "We’re suing today because the document is not a viable management plan for the Western Arctic. It’s not a management plan for globally unique ecosystems. It’s not a management plan for culturally irreplaceable resources and traditional-use areas. And it’s not a management plan to constrain greenhouse gas emissions. It's a scientifically baseless document that is not in the public’s interest." Source: David Krause, Assistant Alaska State Director

Proponents say

•    "Alaska’s economy depends on responsible resource development. Yet, the recent rule proposed for the NPR-A blatantly defies legal standards and ignores many Alaska Native voices. We must not stymie U.S. oil production; doing so makes us more dependent on foreign resources and susceptible to geopolitical turmoil. We urge the Bureau of Land Management to retract this ill-conceived rule." Source: Kati Capozzi, President & CEO of the Alaska Chamber of Commerce


•    "This plan effectively locked up about half of the National Petroleum Reserve - an area Congress explicitly set aside for energy production, ignored Alaska Native voices, violated clear congressional intent, and undermined our state’s ability to responsibly develop the resources that support our communities and strengthen our nation." Source: Dan Sullivan (Republican, Alaska)

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