House Democrats who have been vocal about their opposition to new fossil fuel leasing on federal lands were silent Friday when asked about the Inflation Reduction Act, which boosts oil leases.
. The sales include one in the Cook Inlet of Alaska across 1.09 million acres.
Another provision of the bill tethers new renewable energy leases to additional fossil fuel leases. Under the bill, the Interior Department is prohibited from issuing wind or solar permits unless it issued an onshore oil and gas permit during the previous 120-day period and at least two million acres of land was leased for oil and gas development during the previous year.
Several environmental and conservation groups, in addition to the CBD, have also expressed their concern with the bill over the last two weeks. EarthJustice, the Climate Justice Alliance and Friends of the Earth ripped the provisions benefiting oil companies.
Friends of the Earth filed a lawsuit last year challenging the Department of the Interior's plans to move forward with Lease Sale 257. In January, a federal court sided with Friends of the Earth and the Biden administration opted against appealing the ruling.However, prominent Democratic lawmakers who have been critics of the oil industry have chosen to stay silent on the provisions.
FOX Business contacted representatives of House Natural Resources Chairman Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz.; House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J.; House Select Committee on Climate Crisis Chairwoman Kathy Castor, D-Fla.; House Oversight Subcommittee on Environment Chairman Ro Khanna, D-Calif.; and Reps. Jared Huffman, D-Calif.; Mike Levin, D-Calif.; Sean Casten, D-Ill.; and Katie Porter, D-Calif.
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