Oceana Encouraged by Interior’s New Science-Based Leasing Approach Despite Inclusion of New Arctic Sales in Proposed Five-Year OCS Leasing Program
Today the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released its draft proposed Five-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2012-17, which unfortunately includes oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic. While the decision to include Arctic lease sales in the 2012-2017 program is disappointing, Oceana applauds BOEM’s new approach to leasing … Read more