Testimony to the US House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources: Modernizing Energy Development Laws

RFF Fellow Brian C. Prest testified at a hearing of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources regarding policy options for reforms to the federal oil and gas leasing program.

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Date

March 9, 2021

Authors

Brian C. Prest

Publication

Testimony and Public Comments

Reading time

1 minute

Watch the Hearing

Click here to watch the recorded hearing and listen to Dr. Prest's testimony, which was broadcast at 12 EST on March 9, 2021.

Key Moments

1:00:08—Dr. Prest delivers his oral testimony.
1:10:23—Dr. Prest discusses his September 2020 working paper and the impacts of a permanent leasing moratorium.
1:22:41—Dr. Prest answers a question regarding leasing restrictions and their impacts on short-term oil production.
1:52:21—Dr. Prest describes a carbon adder and lays out the related emissions and revenue-based benefits.

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Written Testimony

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Topics

Authors

Brian C. Prest

Fellow; Director, Social Cost of Carbon Initiative

Brian Prest is an economist and fellow at Resources for the Future specializing in climate change, oil and gas, and energy economics.

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