Zinke Says Interior Department Should Be a Partner With Oil Companies
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says his agency should be a partner with energy companies that seek to drill for oil and gas on public land.
Ryan Zinke, U.S. secretary of interior, speaks during the 2018 CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference in Houston on March 6, 2018.
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Houston (AP) -- Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says his agency should be a partner with oil and gas companies that seek to drill on public land and that long regulatory reviews with an uncertain outcome are "un-American."
Speaking Tuesday to a major energy-industry conference, Zinke described the Trump administration's efforts to increase offshore drilling, reduce regulations, and streamline inspections of oil and gas operators.