The truth is, because of the checkerboard nature of federal land and minerals across our state, this plan would cost vast amounts of North Dakota lands to lose production on vast amounts of North Dakota lands to oil, … The Biden administration's plan would lock up nearly 99% of North Dakota's federal coal acreage, more than 4 million acres. … owned oil and gas acreage. That's nearly 213,000 acres. This is absolutely the wrong direction. As demand for energy reaches record highs and Americans want to pay less for everything, we should unleash American energy, not shut it down. (02:52–03:01)
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Asserts that the Biden administration's plan would restrict 99% of North Dakota's federal coal acreage.
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