FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 16, 2021

MCV Education Fund: ‘Companies need to pay their fair share and be held accountable for cleaning up their messes’

Department of Interior announces oil and gas leasing will resume

(BOZEMAN, Mont) — The Montana Conservation Voters Education Fund released the following statement from Executive Director Whitney Tawney in response to the U.S. Department of Interior’s announcement to resume the oil and gas leasing process that had been paused by President Biden:

“Today’s announcement from the Biden Administration that they will resume oil and gas leasing is tremendously disappointing. It has never been more urgent to reform a broken system that compromises our public lands, waters and wildlife. Companies need to pay their fair share and be held accountable for cleaning up their messes. We look forward to seeing the Interior Department take action to protect Montana’s outdoor way of life for future generations.”

###