The boom also propelled an almost tenfold spike in oil production from Native American lands since 2009, federal data shows, complicating efforts by President Joe Biden to curb carbon emissions. But Biden exempted Native American lands from a suspension of new oil and gas leases on government-managed land in deference to tribes’ sovereign status. Yet it needs Interior approval because the U.S. holds tribal lands in trust. In northern Oklahoma, the Osage have been drilling oil for more than a century. “We are looking at what is going to be best for us,” said Everett Waller, chairman of the tribe’s energy regulator.

Source: thestar June 24, 2021 15:33 UTC