US Interior Chief Pitches Resources on Federal Lands as Assets Worth Trillions
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Donald Trump’s Interior Secretary is making the case that the oil, gas and minerals in the vast federal lands and waters he is charged with overseeing should be viewed as part of “America’s balance sheet” worth trillions of dollars.
Secretary Doug Burgum plans to tell thousands of oil and gas executives gathered for an energy conference that the sale of federal timber, grazing rights, mineral production and oil and gas development could be used to pay down the nation’s $36 trillion in national debt and create jobs.