offshore drilling

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke welcomed Montana Senator Steve Daines along with Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander and six other senators to propose legislation use revenues from energy production on federal lands to help pay for the over $11 billion maintenance backlog at the parks.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke briefed the press this week on his agency's budget, which President Trump calls 'The New Foundation For American Greatness.'

While the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010 may have tempered enthusiasm for offshore drilling, the current rise in gas prices has turned the public back in that direction.