Industry groups pushed lawmakers to oppose Biden’s oil lease pause despite state report showing limited impact
Emails reviewed by The Tribune show how oil, gas and mining groups lobbied state lawmakers and the governor’s office to fight Biden climate policies.
(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Crude oil pumpjacks, defunct, at right, and fully operational, at left, in San Juan County.
Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.