These days, when the oil and gas industry says “jump,” Secretary Ryan Zinke’s Interior Department asks “how high?” Yesterday, at a meeting of an advisory committee loaded with industry interests, oil and gas representatives recommended the Interior Department punch more loopholes through a landmark environmental law, reducing environmental reviews and public input on new drilling projects. Before the meeting had even ended, agency officials had already granted their wish.
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Jumping the gun: Interior Secretary Zinke gives oil and gas companies what they want before they can even ask for it
Jun 8, 2018
Issue: Oil & Gas
Subject: Interior
By Center for Western Priorities
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