oil and gas development

Who Should Be Able to Bid for Oil and Gas Leases on Federal Land?

Michael Giberson At PERC Reports, Shawn Regan argues that rules preventing direct participation by environmentalists in federal land lease auctions leaves few options available to such groups other than lobbying for political protection (or worse): Under current federal leasing rules, leases cannot be held by environmental groups for non-consumptive use. Even if they are the …

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Estimating Job Losses Due to the Deepwater Drilling Moratorium – Was the Good News Simply Assumed?

Michael Giberson Last week I pointed out that, “Temporary policies have temporary effects – and sometimes that is good news,” pointing to an Obama administration report that found job losses due to the temporary ban on deepwater drilling were smaller than expected. But possibly the government reached their happy results more or less by assumption …

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