CO Towns and Counties in Boebert's District Pass Resolutions Supporting Biden's Oil and Gas Pause

[TexasTowelie]

Across Colorado towns and counties are passing resolutions supporting President Joe Biden’s executive order to indefinitely pause new oil and gas leases on federal public lands.

Biden’s moratorium, signed in January, was praised by environmental advocacy groups but lambasted by the oil and gas industry and by Republicans. In March, Wyoming announced that it was suing the Biden administration, while in April U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) made several efforts to revoke the ban, panning it as harmful to the U.S. economy and U.S. efforts to achieve energy independence.

In a press release after Biden signed the order, Boebert released a statement criticizing the Biden administration.

“Blocking future oil and gas leases on 700 million acres is an unlawful attack on the livelihoods of the people in my district,” Boebert said in her statement. “COVID lockdowns have created enough unemployment and economic challenges without Joe Biden delivering more pink slips to thousands of Coloradans. People are losing everything they have and the only thing this president cares about is appeasing extremist environmentalists.”

Two of the counties to pass resolutions supporting Biden’s leasing ban, Pitkin County and San Miguel County, are part of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, which Boebert represents.

Read more: https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2021/06/co-towns-and-counties-in-boeberts-district-pass-resolutions-supporting-bidens-oil-and-gas-pause/37024/