Sunday, March 9, 2025

U.S. Interior Department Approved 73 Drilling Permits in Wyoming during Shutdown

From the Casper Star-Tribune Federal workers for the Bureau of Land Management approved 73 oil and gas drilling permits in Wyoming during the 35-day government shutdown earlier this year, according to a public records request submitted by a western environmental group. A partial shutdown shuttered some federal agencies in late December as Congress and President Donald Trump bickered over the