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ICYMI: E&E; News: House passes NDAA with major parks, development package
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Dec 5, 2014 - House passes NDAA with major parks, development package Phil Taylor E&E News December 4, 2014 The House today voted 300-119 to pass the fiscal 2015 defense authorization bill, including what would be the biggest package of public lands, wilderness, parks and energy bills in nearly six years. The defense bill would desi... More

ICYMI: The Hill: Federal land exchanges in the National Defense Authorization Act
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Dec 4, 2014 - Federal land exchanges in the National Defense Authorization Act Daniel McGroarty, President of American Resources Policy Network The Hill, Congress Blog December 4, 2014 In the December dash to act on must-pass legislation in the waning days of the 113th Congress, there are real risks that ill-advised initiatives wil... More

ICYMI: Examiner Investigation: Temporary IG Subject to Agency Manipulators Covering Up Waste
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Dec 2, 2014 - “The IG was supposed to be independent, was supposed to have unfettered access to all material, and was to share whatever they found with the Congress,” said Rep. Doc Hastings, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee that oversees the Interior Department. “With Mary Kendall, we have found that to be simply n... More

ICYMI: Examiner Investigation: IGs Form Front Line of War on Waste and Fraud, But Weak Links Remain
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Dec 1, 2014 - IGs Form Front Line of War on Waste and Fraud, But Weak Links Remain Mark Flatten The Washington Examiner December 1, 2014 Allegations against top officials at the State Department were devastating and had to be suppressed, so the agency’s inspector general quickly obliged, delivering what amounted to a cover-up of a ... More

ICYMI: Lawmakers urge agencies to cut red tape on power-line maintenance
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Oct 24, 2014 - ICYMI: Lawmakers urge agencies to cut red tape on power-line maintenance Phil Taylor E&E Daily Published: Thursday, May 8, 2014 In a rare show of bipartisanship, Republicans and Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee yesterday urged federal agencies to make it easier for utilities to manage power lines cros... More

GOP lawmakers, witnesses blast FWS ivory ban proposal at House hearing
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Jun 25, 2014 - With stuffed elephants donated by conservation groups lining lawmakers' desks, everyone at a House Natural Resources subpanel hearing yesterday agreed that African elephants could be driven to extinction within a decade if something is not done about poaching driven by demand for ivory. "The plight of the elephants dem... More

Upshot of Domestic Oil Boom: Fewer Shocks
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Jun 20, 2014 - As the Wall Street Journal article below notes, increased U.S. oil production is the best way to protect our country from volatile gasoline price spikes caused by international conflicts, such as the current violence in Iraq. Next week, the U.S. House of Representatives will take further action to expand domestic energ... More

Mike Rowe: Work Hard AND Smart
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Apr 30, 2014 - Yesterday, the House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing on “American Energy Jobs: Opportunities for Skilled Trades Workers.” The hearing examined the well-paying jobs opportunities for technical and skilled workers that have been created by the recent American energy boom. Mike Rowe, former host ... More

ICYMI: Federal Onshore Leasing and Permitting at Lowest Levels in Decades
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Apr 8, 2014 - This week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released new data showing that federal onshore oil and natural gas leases and permits are at the lowest levels in more than a decade. According to the data: BLM leased 1.2 million acres in 2013, down from 1.8 million acres leased the year before and the smallest area since... More

ICYMI: Chairman Hastings Discusses Obama Administration’s “Painful as Possible” Park Closures and the Need to Negotiate
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Casper Star Tribune: A Wyoming first: No bids for coal mining tract in Powder River Basin
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Aug 22, 2013 - A Wyoming first: No bids for coal mining tract in Powder River Basin By Laura Hancock At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, U.S. Bureau of Land Management employees in Cheyenne gathered to unseal envelopes containing bids and checks from coal companies hoping to score the rights to dig in the Powder River Basin. But there were no ... More

From the Headlines: Hundreds, Still Angry over Blueways Designation, Turn out for Hearing
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Jul 30, 2013 - Yesterday, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held a field hearing in West Plains, Missouri on “Stopping Federal Land and Water Grabs: Protecting Property Rights from Washington, DC Edicts.” The hearing examined the harmful effects of the Obama Administration’s National Blueways Order that impo... More

E&E; Daily: Subcommittee wrangles bills on 'escape artist' snakes, polar bears, Asian carp
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Jul 26, 2013 - A House Natural Resources subcommittee heard testimony yesterday on four bills on a variety of wildlife species -- one to lift restrictions on polar bear trophies, another to allow the export of certain protected snakes and two to combat an invasion of Asian carp. The Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Ins... More

Chairman Hastings Joined Fox Business on the Importance of Expanding America’s Offshore Energy Production
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Jun 28, 2013 - Chairman Hastings Discusses Importance of Expanding American Offshore Energy Production on Fox Business ### More

Chairman Hastings Stresses the Importance of Offshore Energy Development with Scott Rasmussen
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Jun 24, 2013 - Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) joined "What America Thinks" with Scott Rasmussen to discuss the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act (H.R. 2231) - legislation the House will consider this week to expand American offshore energy production to lower energy prices, create over a million jobs, and make ... More

Chairman Hastings talks about the Keystone XL Pipeline on Fox Business News
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May 22, 2013 - Today, Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings spoke with Melissa Francis on Fox Business to discuss the Keystone XL Pipeline - a project that is vital to America's energy future. ### Printable PDF of this document More

Houston Chronicle: Offshore unit draws lawmaker's scrutiny
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Mar 12, 2013 - Offshore unit draws lawmaker's scrutiny By Jennifer A. Dlouhy March 11, 2013 A top congressional Republican wants to know more about a new Interior Department team dedicated to rooting out wrongdoing by companies drilling offshore and the government officials who police them. The man behind the push, Rep. Doc Hastings... More

From the Headlines: Gasoline Prices Rise for 32 Days Straight, Hit American Families at Worst Possible Time
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Feb 19, 2013 - Yesterday marked 32 days in a row of increased gasoline prices, a 13 percent jump, according to the Automobile Association of America (AAA), which estimates the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.74. When President Obama took office in January 2009, the average price for gallon of gasoline was $1.... More

USA Today: Interior inspector defends impartiality in report probe
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May 23, 2012 - Interior inspector defends impartiality in report probe By: Gregory Korte USA Today May 23, 2012 When questions came up about how the White House edited an Interior Department report to justify a moratorium on offshore drilling, acting Inspector General Mary Kendall investigated and reported back to Congress only that... More

FOX News Special Report Highlights Committee's Investigation into Obama Administration's Rewrite of Coal Regulation That Could Cost Thousands of Jobs
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FOX News Special Report: House panel clears way for administration subpoenas on drilling, coal regulation probes
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Mar 29, 2012 - House panel clears way for administration subpoenas on drilling, coal reg probes Published March 28, 2012 FoxNews.com A House Committee voted Wednesday to clear the way to subpoena the Obama administration over two separate probes -- one concerning allegations dating back to the BP spill that it misrepresented a repor... More

ABC News: Obama OKs Oil Exploration Along Atlantic Coast, But Not Drilling
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Mar 28, 2012 - Obama OKs Oil Exploration Along Atlantic Coast, But Not Drilling By Devin Dwyer ABC News March 28, 2012 The Obama administration today endorsed new oil and gas exploration along the Atlantic Coast, setting the stage for possible future drilling lease sales. The announcement by the Interior Department sets into motion w... More

Washington Post: President Obama Earns Two Pinocchios for Misleading Energy Claims
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Mar 22, 2012 - Washington Post Fact Checker Glenn Kessler Thursday, March 22, 2012 Obama and oil Last week we wrote about Obama’s dubious combination of two true statistics — the fact that the United States has 2 percent of proven oil reserves and accounts of 20 percent of annual oil consumption. We called these “non sequitur facts,... More

Washington Post: U.S. oil resources: President Obama's 'non sequitur facts'
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Mar 15, 2012 - U.S. oil resources: President Obama’s ‘non sequitur facts’ Washington Post By Glenn Kessler Thursday, March 15, 2012 "As a country that has 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, but uses 20 percent of the world's oil - I'm going to repeat that - we've got 2 percent of the world oil reserves; we use 20 percent. What t... More

Wall Street Journal Editorial: Protecting Endangered Farmers
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Feb 29, 2012 - Protecting Endangered Farmers The Wall Street Journal Editorial February 29, 2012 Rick Santorum may have had a point the other day when he said that some environmentalists care more about animals than people. Take the water restrictions the federal government has imposed on California farmers to protect the three-inch... More

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