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An oil drilling rig is pictured at sunset, March 7, 2022, in El Reno, Okla. The Biden administration has considerably slowed its approval of new oil and natural gas drilling leases on public lands, despite facing pressure to more aggressively urge fossil fuel companies to increase their production in the face of high domestic energy prices. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Biden administration hedges on resuming oil-and-gas leasing despite court ruling

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A man wears a face mark as he fishes near docked oil drilling platforms, on May 8, 2020, in Port Aransas, Texas. A federal court has rejected a proposed lease auction for offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, saying the Biden administration failed to conduct a proper environmental review. The decision on Jan. 27, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras sends the proposed lease sale back to the Interior Department to decide next steps. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Federal judge tosses Biden administration’s oil lease sale in Gulf of Mexico

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

In this Sept. 18, 2010, file photo, rhe Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill, is seen in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. The Trump administration on Thursday, May 2, 2019, moved to ease safety regulations adopted after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon blowout, the worst offshore oil disaster in U.S. history that killed nearly a dozen people. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Climate groups sue after Biden administration revives Trump-era drilling leases

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Barrasso seeks to delay Tracy Stone-Manning vote over $100,000 loan from developer

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The Biden administration froze oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, citing the need for additional environmental analysis, after Congress approved in 2017 leasing on 1.9 million acres of the 19.3-million-acre refuge on Alaska's North Slope. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

‘Punch in the gut’: Alaska sues Biden administration for stalling reopening of federal lands

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this April 24, 2015, photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Environmentalists and Native American activists say the Biden administration's review of the federal oil and gas leasing program should result in more protections for an area of northwestern New Mexico that's considered sacred. They have cited concerns about air pollution from venting and flaring at natural gas collection and processing sites, wastewater leaks and unchecked development in southeastern New Mexico's share of the Permian Basin. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

Judge rejects Biden attempt to pause oil, gas leases on federal lands

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Friday, May 27, 2016, photo, a pump jack works off state highway 119 near Firestone, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) **FILE**

Biden names Tommy Beaudreau, energy lawyer, for Interior deputy secretary

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Secretary of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland attends a Cabinet meeting with President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden taps ex-Obama official as Interior Department deputy

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2021, file photo President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. When Biden takes office later this month, his biggest challenge may be navigating a deeply divided country past the turmoil of the Trump era. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Thirteen states sue to squelch ‘Biden ban’ on oil-and-gas leasing

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., is sworn in during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior secretary, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Deb Haaland, Interior pick, backs down on ‘Republicans don’t believe in science’ tweet at hearing

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this April 24, 2015, photo, pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M. Oil and gas development infused $2.8 billion into New Mexico coffers during the 2020 fiscal year and marked its second-highest total revenue ever reported despite a global price war and plummeting demand amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

Oil rigs relocate from New Mexico to Texas over Biden’s permitting freeze

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this March 5, 2020, photo Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., Native American Caucus co-chair, speaks to reporters about the 2020 Census on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Haaland as interior secretary. The historic pick would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation's tribes for generations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

American Indian leaders cheer Deb Haaland pick as ‘monumental step forward’

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an airplane flies over caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. The Department of the Interior has approved an oil and gas leasing program within Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is home to polar bears, caribou and other wildlife. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed the Record of Decision, which will determine where oil and gas leasing will take place in the refuge’s coastal plain. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)

Interior approves oil-and-gas leasing program for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

North Dakota tribe sues over ruling giving minerals to state

By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2010, file photo, then-Secretary of Natural Resources-designate Doug Domenech speaks during a news conference in Richmond, Va. A senior Trump administration official misused his office for private gain by capitalizing on his government connections to help get a family member hired at the Environmental Protection Agency, investigators said. The Interior Department's Inspector General found that Assistant Interior Secretary Douglas Domenech reached out to a senior EPA official in person and later by email in 2017 to advocate for the unnamed relative when that person was seeking a job at the agency. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Probe: Top US official misused office to get son-in-law job

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press