Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04), Energy and Minerals Subcommittee Ranking Member Doug Lamborn (CO-05) and six other Members of the Committee sent a letter to Energy and Minerals Subcommittee Chairman Jim Costa requesting that the oversight hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2011 budget be immediately rescheduled. The President’s budget… Read more »
Following a request from House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services announced today that it would extend the public comment period on its draft proposal to revise the critical habitat designation for bull trout until April 5, 2010.
“I appreciate Fish and Wildlife Service’s willingness to allow more time for public comment,”… Read more »
On Saturday, March 13, 2010, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will briefly tour Organ Pipe National Monument, located along Arizona’s southern border. While there, Secretary Salazar must answer as to why the Department of the Interior (DOI) is using environmental regulations to hinder U.S. Border Patrol from securing our border on federal lands. As a result of DOI’s actions, this… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent a letter to Department of Interior Secretary Salazar requesting a 60-day extension of the public comment period on U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s draft proposal to revise the critical habitat designation for bull trout in streams, lakes and reservoirs in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Nevada. In the… Read more »
The Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing today on the FY 2011 Administration Budget Request for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). Subcommittee Ranking Republican Tom McClintock (CA-04) highlighted concerns that the agency’s chief mission has shifted away from its traditional mission of providing abundant water supplies for humans to one that embraces expensive… Read more »
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Map Key:
-- “Off Limits” signs = Land Designated Wilderness Area Under H.R. 4289 (Rep. DeGette)
-- Numbers 1-7 and corresponding colors distinguish CO Congressional Districts
-- CO Congressional District 1, Rep. Dianna DeGette–NOT affected by… Read more »
An Energy Head Fake
The Administration is still hostile to oil drilling and nuclear power.
Wall Street Journal
Editorial
March 11, 2010
President Obama used his January State of the Union speech to promise "a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants" and "new offshore areas for oil and gas development." Judging by its recent decisions, we'd say his Cabinet hasn't… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing on “The Proposed Settlement of the Cobell v. Salazar Litigation”:
“I want to thank Chairman Rahall for scheduling this hearing on the Cobell v. Salazar Settlement Agreement.
It was on December 7th of last year that this Settlement was… Read more »
After more than a year of delays, Secretary of the Interior quietly announced last week that the Obama Administration will discard the 2010-2015 lease plan for new development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and wait until 2012 to put a new plan in the place. This means that the Administration’s initial six-month delay has turned into a three-year moratorium on new offshore drilling.… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after today’s unemployment numbers showed 36,000 jobs were lost in the month of February:
“The American people have grown weary of waiting for this Administration to enact policies that will actually help create jobs. It’s been over a year since the nearly one trillion dollar stimulus… Read more »
