Ryan Zinke

Interior Secretary Zinke Steps Down

January 3, 2019

From The Hill Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke formally left his position Wednesday, tweeting that it has been a “high honor” to serve President Trump and the American people. Zinke announced his plan to resign last month amid numerous investigations into whether he violated ethics standards. Zinke, whose 22-month tenure was marked by rollbacks of environmental policies and a push to boost fossil fuel production, had planned Wednesday

Florida Removed From OCS Offshore Drilling Plan

January 10, 2018

From UPI The Trump administration reversed plans to include Florida in an offshore drilling proposal announced last week. Interior Secretary Zinke held a press conference at the Tallahassee airport announcing the Trump administration will not be drilling off the coast of Florida after he and Gov. Rick Scott held a private meeting Tuesday afternoon. Florida is obviously unique, Zinke said. The president

U.S. Dept. of Interior Opens Up Vast Portions of OCS with Historic Lease Program

January 4, 2018

Proposed OCS lease sale would open Atlantic, Pacific, Eastern GOM – all have been closed since early 1980s U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced the next step for development of the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program) for 2019-2024. The program proposes to make over 90 percent of the total OCS

Interior Secretary Zinke Steps Down

Florida Removed From OCS Offshore Drilling Plan

U.S. Dept. of Interior Opens Up Vast Portions of OCS with Historic Lease Program

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