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Interior proposes 20-year oil lease ban for Chaco Canyon area

Episode Summary

The Interior Department said Monday it will begin the process of placing Chaco Canyon in New Mexico off limits to oil and gas drilling, a win for the state’s tribal nations that consider the site sacred. POLITICO’s Annie Snider explains.

Episode Notes

The Interior Department said Monday it will begin the process of placing Chaco Canyon in New Mexico off limits to oil and gas drilling, a win for the state’s tribal nations that consider the site sacred. POLITICO’s Annie Snider explains.

 

Annie Snider covers water issues for POLITICO Pro and is the host of POLITICO Energy. 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Raghu Manavalan is the host-producer of the Playbook Daily Briefing and a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.