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| Biden admin makes stunning admission on climate agenda in leaked internal memo |
| 2023-03-04 |
| [FoxNews] Internal Biden admin memo rejects proposal it admits would produce 'greater energy security,' citing climate considerations. The Biden administration acknowledged in a memo, accidentally leaked on Friday, that charging fossil fuel companies less to drill would provide "greater energy security" despite its plans to hike royalty fees. Former Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Amanda Lefton recommended late last year that, as part of its climate agenda, the Department of the Interior (DOI) move forward with higher royalty fees for an oil and gas lease sale spanning 958,202 acres in the Cook Inlet off the coast of Alaska, according to the memo obtained by Fox News Digital. DOI Assistant Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis ultimately signed off on the recommendation. "If a Cook Inlet prospect would be developed, there would be additional government revenues and greater energy security for the State of Alaska, especially if development of natural gas resources in the Cook Inlet ameliorated the long-term supply challenges facing the Anchorage area," Lefton wrote in the memo. Lefton's specifically recommended the federal government charge drillers with a royalty fee of 18.75% as opposed to an alternative of 16.67% which she said would attract more bids and "be more likely to facilitate expeditious and orderly development of [offshore] resources." Daniel-Davis stated in her record of decision — published in November after she signed off on Lefton's recommendation — that she selected a fee of 18.75% "because this rate constitutes the most reasonable balancing of environmental and economic factors for the American public." She didn't mention the alternative would produce greater energy security as highlighted in the memo. BOEM ultimately held the auction, known as Lease Sale 258, on Dec. 30. The sale garnered just one bid worth $63,983 for a single 2,304-acre tract, according to federal records. In May, the White House canceled Lease Sale 258, which had been proposed under the Trump administration, in an unexpected decision that was promptly criticized by the fossil fuel industry and Republican lawmakers. However, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) mandated that the administration reverse the decision and hold the sale by the end of 2022. "Nevertheless, because of the serious challenges facing the Nation from climate change and the impact of [greenhouse gasses] from fossil fuels, BOEM is not recommending this option since it would not include an appropriate surcharge to account for those impacts," she continued. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 The trick to emptying your freezer is to do it in the morning on garbage day... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-03-04 15:23 |
| #5 I suspect they won't produce gas much once they freeze. Though I pity future generations who might find them. Not sure what sort of horrid brew they might turn into...perhaps it's best to be guided by the thing and after they are frozen, break out the thermite. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2023-03-04 15:20 |
| #4 You got a point, ed... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-03-04 10:13 |
| #3 Now Murcek, if you ship climatistas to Antarctica, you gonna contribute to melting the ice cap. Cause there's a lot of 'em and they produce a lot of hot gas. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-03-04 10:11 |
| #2 We are going to need camps for the climate zealots. Somewhere south of McMurdo. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-03-04 09:27 |
| #1 This ought to stun only the stupid people. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-03-04 09:25 |