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Dick Durbin's Political Summary on Issue: Oil and Gas

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525 South Eighth Street
Springfield, IL 62703

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Carbondale, IL 62901

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Rock Island, IL 61201

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Current Issue:

Oil and Gas

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12/21/2020
Social Media: Tweet - "Trump's Department of the Interior has proposed hundreds of oil & gas leases across Utah, threatening the fragile landscape and ecosystem. I'm leading a group of @SenateDems in calling on @Interior to cancel these leases immediately."
12/16/2020
Letter: Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Department of the Interior - Bennet Joins Letter Opposing Last-Minute Oil and Gas Lease Sale & Seismic Exploration in Arctic Refuge
11/02/2020
Social Media: Tweet - "Deeply concerned by reports that Nicor Gas may have illegally polluted groundwater near its storage facilities. Because of the severity of these claims, I will be looking into this situation further."
08/27/2020
Letter: Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the EPA - Bennet, Bicameral Colleagues Highlight Dangerous New EPA Methane Rule
08/12/2020
Social Media: Tweet - "Glad to see @BLMNational is no longer planning to lease land in Grand & San Juan County, Utah, for oil & gas development following my request last week. This will go a long way towards protecting these special places. #ProtectMoab"
08/07/2020
Social Media: Tweet - ". @SecBernhardt 's upcoming oil & gas lease sale on UT's #PublicLands is bad business. The past 3 UT lease sales had low returns, with over half the land sold for just $2/acre, so I & 14 of my @SenateDems colleagues just asked him & #Pendley to cancel the sales & #ProtectMoab:"
07/15/2020
Social Media: Tweet - "Disappointed, but not surprised that President Trump has decided to weaken the National Environmental Policy Act. This will silence the concerns of communities most affected by the power plants & pipelines the President is eager to build in their backyards."
03/11/2020
Social Media: Tweet - "Corn growers, like @ilcorn , are integral to the IL economy & the federal gov't must offer certainty to farmers this planting season. It's time the President stops offering breaks to oil companies & instead supports the biofuel industry that so many of our corn growers depend on."
02/20/2020
Letter: Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior - Van Hollen, Merkley, Colleagues Press Interior Secretary to Protect the Arctic from New Oil and Gas Drilling
Social Media: Tweet - "The Bureau of Land Management must not be allowed to sell off America's Arctic for oil & gas development. It will destroy a diverse & unique ecosystem and accelerate climate change. I'm joining @SenJeffMerkley in urging the Bureau of Land Management to reconsider this decision."
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