The Department of the Interior and Agriculture Department praised conservation programs Thursday without mentioning they are largely funded by fossil fuel drilling.
According to Office of Natural Resources Revenue data, for example, about 90% of the $9.6 billion in federal energy revenue that has been generated during the current fiscal year has derived from fossil fuel royalties.
President Biden issued a moratorium on all new fossil fuel drilling shortly after taking office. However, a federal court struck the policy down, forcing the administration to hold some lease sales. However, the Biden administration's announcement Thursday didn't mention the source of the conservation programs it touted. And the administration, led by the Department of the Interior, has repeatedly attempted to decrease the amount of land and waters leased for fossil fuel production, potentially curbing the government's future energy revenue.
"The funding for the GAOA is earmarked from energy activities on federal lands, and it is now even more important to protect Gulf of Mexico energy production, as without it, billions of dollars of funding for beloved conservation and recreation programs, such as the Land and Water Conservation Fund, will disappear," he continued.A spokesperson for the Department of the Interior said Thursday that the agency would continue to implement the law.
"The department will continue to obey the law, including implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act and Inflation Reduction Act," Interior spokesperson Melissa Schwartz told Fox News Digital.Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.
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