all-news | Bureau of Land Management | Deb Haaland | Economy | energy development | Environment | federal land | Federal Lands | Jimmy Carter | leasing | oil and gas | Politics | William Perry Pendley Exclusive—William Perry Pendley: Biden Continues His War on American Energy with Sham Federal Oil and Gas Lease Sales Byinfobotz 04/30/2022 Environmentalists outraged by Biden’s decision to resume federal oil and gas leasing have not read the fine print. Biden actually eliminated 80 percent of the land available for leasing and increased the cost of operating those leases by 50 percent.