Environmental

Interior Secretary Jewell Announces Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Plan for 2017-2022

An oil rig stands alone on a large body of water, no land in sight.

Plan offers 70 percent of economically recoverable resources while ensuring protection of critical areas, including the Arctic

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016.   After considering more than 3.3 million public comments and holding 36 public meetings, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Hopper today released the final plan to guide future energy development for the Nation’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for 2017-2022. The plan takes a balanced…

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